Matisse, Modernism, And Metal: Meet Artist And Athlete Gab Cole

Gab Cole is master multi-tasker. As a paralympic sprinter, most of his day his spent training for the upcoming Commonwealth Games. As an artist, the remainder of his day is spent painting in his studio where he creates artwork that is reminiscent of Matisse if he listened to a lot of metal.

In this episode of Self Portraits, we ask Gab to walk us through his conflicting identities while actually painting a self portrait in his studio.

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