Marchal Mithouard (aka Shaka) is a
French artist whose paintings literally pop out off the canvas into the
world. To create his pieces, Mithouard first creates a bas relief of
his figures on canvas, then paints them in his multi-colored, street art
style.
Marchal Mithouard started as graffiti artist whose work
gradually evolved from basic to a unique brand of three-dimensional
street art. Using exaggerated perspective and realism, Mithouard aims
for his human figures to jump out at the viewer. His paintings appear to
have an underlying theme of revolt and rebellion.
His foremost influences, he says, include Vincent van Gogh, Le Caravage and Expressionism.