Miscellaneous

Client:

Harmony, Inc.

Creative Director:

Elvis Bennet

Art Director:

Joseph Lewis

Year

2023

My approach is equal parts intuitive freestyle and hyper-critical analysis. I love the combination of loose marks with moments of finesse and how they talk to each other. It’s never easy to get to the final composition though. The first idea always feels too obvious or rigid so I’ll keep digging until I find something more unusual. Sometimes I get lucky and things magically fall into place. But 9/10 times there’s a lot of building then destroying and crafting then uncrafting, until it feels a wobbly kind of perfect.

“Does it need more energy? Does it need more layers? Does it have presence? Should it feel more humble? Is it raw enough? Is it crafted enough? Maybe I should loosen it up? Does it have spirit? Is it boring? Have I taken enough risks? Does it looks too realistic? Is it borderline cartoon? Is it weird enough? Can it be weirder? Wait, what does it mean? Ok, am I finished now? What could make it better? Shit have I overworked it? Does it still excite me? Do I love it?”

The end result might look like a kid has slapped it together but every inch has been considered. My paintings have always been my babies.

Artwork Info

'Tiger Bear'
2012
1350 x 1100 mm
Acrylic on plywood

Story

My newest painting "Tiger Bear" is hanging proudly on the newly refurbished pixel walls of Freshly Baked Gallery. Some really amazing work in this launch collection, alongside artists like Ape Seven, Ears, Hollie Martin, Luke Taaffe and Bec Winnel. Head over to www.freshlybakedgallery.com and check it out!

Artwork Info

'Summer'
2014
635 x 850 mm

Artwork Info

'Romulus & Remus'

For Double Glazed Group Exhibition
Curated by Angela Bennetts and Alice Fenton of Even Books
First Draft Gallery, Sydney

Here is the piece I painted for the Half show titled, "Killer Whales in Arctic Waters" - (acrylic, gouache, chalk pastel, Indian ink and pencil on board). Today is the last day you can see it up at No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne so get down there if you get a chance!

Artwork Info

“I’ve always had an urge to make things. To bring the things that appear inside my head out into the real world. I see them as orbs of light that reside in my stomach, in my chest, in my shoulders and in my arms; glowing bulbs of thoughts, visions or ideas. They have their own energy, they have their own heartbeat and if I try hard enough, I can find ways to drag them out of my body and help them materialise.

Sometimes they burn bright and they’re itching to burst out. But for the past few months they feel murky and dim, almost empty and barely there. There’s a blockage and I don’t know how to fix it."

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