‘Comparison is the thief of joy’ It is easy to compare your skills and abilities to that of someone else, especially when they seem to do it so easily and elegantly. We see the person swimming so freely in the cool water while our own feet are burning on the hot pavement. The thing we tend to forget comparing is the amount of time and effort those with more success put in. Learning to swim takes dedication, effort and a little bit of drowning now and then. Sometimes you have to stop co...
‘A Bug’s Life’ This was the first artwork I made this year for my current collection ‘Forbidden Grass’. The background was initially painted as part of a short film with @kingliving and afterwards I wasn’t quite sure what figures to add to it. That’s when it hit. A collection that celebrates our tiny lives in this big green world needs an artwork that has those exact elements. Tiny people, big green painting. I’m used to painting in a small scale but this time I went extra small. These…
‘Tan Lines’ was the result of multiple failed attempts at trying to make a truly textured, abstract artwork. The only problem is that I used plaster- a medium with extreme weight but luscious texture. It reminded me of a messy cluster of footsteps on the sand at Bondi Beach and as such I painted people I photographed whenever I’d go for a swim. The artwork was sold almost two years ago in my release of ‘The Strokes’, a collection of beach-inspired artworks. Since then my community of art…
‘Water Cooled’ Parked right outside my studio, I often see a red Porsche 930 exactly like this one. Every time I walk by it, it’s like I’m looking at a high school crush- my knees get weak, my palms get wet and my heart starts racing. It’s for that exact reason that I specifically painted this car as part of my current collection ‘WET’. Long time followers would know that I am obsessed with Porsche. As such every collection features a Porsche with an element on the roof relevant to that c...
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