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LATEST: ARTISTS & GENERALLY CREATIVE FOLKS<br />
I’M SURE I SAW A VIDEO A WHILE BACK OF<br />
YOU AT AN ART SLAM - I THINK YOU DID AN<br />
AWESOME BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN? DO YOU<br />
DO MUCH IN THE WAY OF ART EXHIBITIONS?<br />
I don’t do heaps of exhibitions as I’m kept super<br />
busy with commissions but I do the odd art<br />
battle from time to time… they’re a lot of fun<br />
and I really enjoy hamming it up and performing<br />
in front of a crowd.<br />
YOUR ART WORKSHOPS - HOW HAVE THOSE<br />
GONE DOWN AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE<br />
PLANNED FOR THE COMING YEAR THERE?<br />
Workshops are awesome fun - I love seeing<br />
people engage with their creative selves and<br />
really get stuck into doing something they<br />
maybe didn’t think they were capable of. A lot<br />
of people appreciate the fact that the workshops<br />
give them permission to take time out to be<br />
creative - there’s no phones, no distractions -<br />
they can finally let all the other stuff go and get<br />
painting. There’s none planned yet, but I’m open<br />
to any proposals for anyone wanting to host art<br />
workshops in exotic locations ;)<br />
DESIGN VS ART? YOU KNOW THE INS AND<br />
OUTS OF BOTH - WHAT’S YOUR TAKE?<br />
For me being an artist is achieving my dream<br />
and I sometimes can’t believe I get paid to<br />
have so much fun. But I’m also very, very<br />
grateful I started out with design though -<br />
That was how I managed to make a career<br />
out of art, it taught me how to think about<br />
what I do as a product, how to market it and<br />
how to work with clients. Also when it comes<br />
to ‘getting out there’ having studied design<br />
means I can perform all my own stunts -<br />
from building my own website, designing my<br />
business cards to already knowing how to go<br />
about social media.<br />
ZOMBIES VS TIKIS? WHAT’S YOUR<br />
FAVOURITE SUBJECT MATTER?<br />
Oh man, I love them both, but I’m really drawn<br />
to gross stuff and I love painting gory ripped<br />
flesh, internal organs, skulls and other lovely<br />
things, so zombies would have to win there.<br />
Strangely enough I also like painting plants<br />
and flowers… rotting flesh combined with<br />
exotic flowers actually sums up my aesthetic<br />
nicely… ever heard of the ‘corpse flower’?<br />
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SMORGASBOARDER | SUMMER <strong>2016</strong>
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