Where do you get your inspiration and ideas?

Sometimes I lay awake at night and see compositions in my head, like swirling blobs that turn into shapes, so I try and replicate what I see in the darkness. I also have a lot of recurring dreams about the ocean, corals and weird animals that live under the sea. For the longest time I’ve always wanted to be a marine biologist, so naturally a lot of my work is also tied with science, scientific diagrams and alchemic symbols.

Who are your influences as well as favorite artists and/or creative people?

It’s hard to pin down one favorite artist because it literally changes week by week. Two months ago I was obsessed by Moebius, Last year it was James Jean and Tadanori Yokoo , Five years before that it was Frida Kahlo, and before her it was Hieronymus Bosch. This week I’m obsessed with Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, a French artist who did these amazing renderings of outer space, planets, nebulae in pastel, it’s all very organic and wonderful. Tonight I’m going to watch Ponyo, the latest animation by Hayao Miyazaki, I always leave the theatre in a cloud of wonderment after seeing any of his films, I guess you can add him to my list of favorite artists as well.

Did you get formal training such as at an art school or was this just something you’ve done on the side?

Well, my favorite subject in High School was art, so I would hide in our art rooms which used to be subterranean fallout shelter, and just draw all day. If I had it my way I would have just done that for four years straight. Then after the HSC I wanted to do something creative but at the last minute I backed out of going to art school and did one year of Arts at the University of Sydney. When I found myself just wanting to illustrate my manuscripts for archaeology 101, I dropped out and then went to UTS for a degree in Visual Communications. That lasted for four years and without it I probably would not be working as a web designer now.

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