I am an artist and image maker who creates unique, rich, multi layered, photo based, digital, montages. I consider my original, raw images more as “photo sketch books” to be manipulated, layered, combined and decimated in post production rather than finished works. Although I use a wide range of state of the art, digital technology in my creative work, I strive to capture and embrace mistakes to achieve more of a hand made, grungy, dirty, aesthetic in my finished images. The raw emotions and feelings within a body of work are more important to me than “reality”. My artistic practice is influenced by a wide range of creative styles including the neo-expressionism of rockstar artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, the grunge typography of surfer/graphic designer David Carson, the abstract, iconic photography of 4AD album cover designer Vaughan Oliver, the existential photographic psychodramas of Roger Ballan, the European pop art of Sigmar Polke, the brightly coloured graphic-style photo-based artworks of Gilbert & George and even the bold, saturated, kinetic cinematography of Chris Doyle and Wong Kar-Wei.
The ultimate aim of my art is to inspire an emotional reaction and hopefully make people feel who is behind the camera.
