The Work
As a fully self-taught artist, Martin Dingli breaks all the rules - or more correctly, makes up his own, having never been schooled to formal techniques and formulae. My art can be found here.
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In the digital world in which he operates, Dingli has developed a range of visual styles, textures and techniques which baffle fellow digital artists. Some images appear to be brush painted in oils, others shimmer with the depth and clarity of stained glass.
Dingli is an omnivorous observer of the world with a particular eye for forensic detail. He is inspired by minutiae, fragmentary snippets of detail which he captures via digital camera and then manipulates or magnifies almost beyond recognition in his large scale works. A tiny segment of a bird’s feather may become a digital brush which creates the eyelashes of a masked woman.
Dingli grazes widely across genres, covering a range which can only be described as eclectic - journeying through land and culture scapes, abstract designs, figures and futuristic fantasies. A significant portion of his work, however, is drawn from the historic architecture and culture of Malta, and the vast natural wonder of his adopted homeland of Australia.
What distinguishes Dingli’s work is that which is hidden. Each work may be viewed as it first appears - a face, a forest, a figure - but closer inspection rewards the viewer with multiple layers of secret meaning revealed in images and symbols deeply embedded in layer up on layer of digital brushing.
“Those who look at my work should expect the unexpected,” says Dingli. “You need to see beyond the surface story to what lies beneath.”

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