Statement 30/11/2010

Combining opposites is the starting point for my practice. The art I am currently making combines elements of hard edge painting and gestural painting. I have found that this tactic allows me to expose the flaws and strengths of the two elements I use. The hybrids I create through this process hopefully say something of painting and something of myself.

Lofted on-drive for four

Ominous authoritarian international style disasters. Brasilia. Tainted success stories of new York and other world capitals. The architecture and the art of modern error and modern success. Idealism that has bred tales of calamity. Confused things . Unpurity. Liveable apocalypse. A totally average contradiction. Paradoxes that do not end the universe but simply make you scratch your head, or maybe your butt.

Coffee at Koko in Sydney

Note: you are an arsehole. Just because you feel good about yourself and the world doesn't mean the world likes you. In fact it is more probable that people don't think about you at all and at the very most are thinking, "one more prick in my way on the road to where I need to go".

Snakes on a motherfucking plane

In a plane, thinking about fucking. Something interior, smooth and hot. Tight. Something swollen of mine to fuck with. Some things to suck and feel. An arse to grab, to reach around and access... To listen to someone moan. Panting. Name calling. Hitting. Biting. Bruises and carpet burns.

Self portrait

Arsehole

You just have to accept that some people think you are an
arsehole.

Response

The other night a friend and I were discussing the idea of converting old hurts into positive life lessons. He wrote me a text the following day,

"Just give Compassion
and Love...
you will become Venusian..
and Magnetic!
LoveBig Hug"

He is right. Easier said than done. Still, I don't really want to be good, healthy, whatever. I want focus, rage, clarity, control. A razor, crystal expanse. Yeah, whatever.