To quote the great Ricky Roma in Glengarry Glen Ross – ‘They say….’ They say painting is dead. They say that real art is conceptual. I don’t know about all this? To be honest all that stuff seems like brain fodder for intellectuals much...

In 1997 I bought my first tattoo machine from John. It was at his old shop on bridge rd Richmond. He was a gentleman then and still is now. A couple of weeks ago my friend Jason from Taiwan flew to Melbourne specifically to catch a tattoo from John, get his book...

I heard beautiful quote from Wim Wenders yesterday about the creative process. I can’t remember it exactly but it was along the lines of- ‘Don’t do anything that you know, deep in your heart, somebody else can do better. Instead do what nobody else...

Using wood panel as a substrate for me has come about for a few different reasons. Some aesthetic and some practical. The first time I saw Manuel Ocampo’s art it burned a hole in my mind. It must have been around 1997-1998? The influence of his work on my...

I think it’s better to make something that is bad than nothing. It’s better just to do it. After all the joy really is in making something. Learning, then making something else. One of my more eloquent, anonymous critics said of my work- ‘that art...

I rarely have an idea fully fleshed out before I begin painting. Generally I’ll have a symbol bouncing around my head that I’ll feel compelled to play with. Sometimes it’s a combination of symbols. At times I’ll get obsessed with a particular image over and over and...