Luke Silva is a London based artist who is currently completing a BA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins. Luke works in watercolours on paper and canvas, his work investigates video games and escapism. Luke used video games as a child to escape his reality and has family members who have used the games to escape their own mental health struggles. Luke speaks about how games create a window into another world. Luke’s work tends to be in portrait to create distance from a landscape shape seen in Televisions and laptops. Luke’s work takes a concept that could be regarded as low culture and kitsch in art, yet transports it into fine art through his painting technique and personal relationship to the games. Check out Luke’s Instagram at @lukesilve__ and thank you for listening !