Matthew Wong hopes that recognition and the success of his work will help improve his mental health. Perhaps this will help him to escape his perpetual bouts of depression?
Loneliness and melancholy
In Wong’s paintings, you can often find a figure who is completely alone in an overwhelming landscape. But his paintings can also give the impression of a pleasant world: one of colour, security and enchantment. The imaginative landscapes allow the solitary figure to escape. The paintings reflect Wong’s own feelings of loneliness and melancholy. Painting comforts Matthew.