What is your greatest achievement?
I kinda have highlights
instead of great achievements, and one of the highlights of my career so far
was to have my solo show at Unlimited Editions (http://www.unlimitededitions.co.uk) last October.
How would you describe your style to
someone who hadn't seen it?
Deceptively
simple block-colour artworks. Occasionally featuring typography, humour,
vandalism and/or conceptual thinking.
What piece of advice would you give your
15 year old self?
Patent the idea for a handheld
touch screen device as soon as you can… and think about doing Graphic Design
instead of Fine Art at University, you will save yourself about 5 years of
procrastination.
When are you happiest?
When making cardboard
structures & paintings with my kids or whenever I’m walking the dog down
near the sea.
What is the worst job you have had?
Numerous factory jobs
when I was teenager probably feature highly. The machinery of mass production fascinates me, but the fact that
many of the brilliant people I worked with felt worthless or stuck was
heartbreaking, and some managers fully exploited this.
Who would play you in the movie of your
life?
A few people have
mentioned in the past that I look like a young(er) James Spader… Maybe he could
play the old me… But I would like either Macauley Culken for his amazing comedy
timing or Ryan Gosling.
What is your karaoke song?
Last time I did Karaoke
I did God Save The Queen by the Sex Pistols and Turn Back Time by Cher… Go
figure!
What do you dislike most about popular
culture?
How disposable
everything is, we consume things so quickly and are losing our relationship to
the ‘tactile’ objects of the analog age. Plus with everything being immediately
available no one has any patience any more!
What is the greatest invention of all
time?
A pencil or drawing
implement, probably sped up our mental and social evolution tenfold.
Instructions, warnings, cautionary tales and historical facts were now
transferable without dilution for generations and generations due to writing /
drawing implements.
if you didn't do what you do, what would
you do?
Astral Physics or
Wildlife Photography, though the answer to this question would change week to
week… Last week it would have been set designer for Wes Anderson movies…
All images courtesy of www.imeusdesign.co.uk
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