Ebony Marie Gibbs is an artist born and raised in South London, a young black woman of Jamaican heritage who never knew she had a passion for art until she decided to do it for A levels, even though she never did it for GCSEs. She had no idea about the fundamentals or the bigger picture of art, It was like going into the ocean without learning how to swim. But with support from her teachers and those close around her, she learned to do backstrokes and more. However, she believes she hasn’t reached the deep end just yet.

Gibbs became an artist because she wants to make her imaginations become real, for people to see and be inspired by the stories each of her works tell.

Gibbs mainly uses wood canvases, acrylic paint and ink for her traditional works; she is still learning, experimenting and wanting to use different mediums in future. She digitally paints on her iPad Pro and Wacom Cintiq, using Photoshop and Procreate.
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Her works consist of quick strokes and flicks of acrylic paint to convey fast movements, she also uses a dipping pen to create thin or thick ink lines and other techniques to create exciting effects. Digitally she uses different blending modes and noise effects to create contrast, texture and aesthetics in her pieces.

Gibbs has been inspired by many things in her life such as music, anime, great artists like Jean Michel Basquiat, game art, artists on social media, artworks on Pinterest. Many of these influences have played a big part in her art journey and she is grateful to have been influenced by them.

Gibbs has a vision to inspire, she is a very optimistic person who believes that anything is possible with enough self-belief and hard work