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What is your favourite film of all time?

Escaflowne, it's a masterpiece...beautifully drawn, excellent score and fantastic story line. I'm a bit of an anime nut, and this one has always just spoken to me and mesmerised me by its brilliance.

What music are you currently listening to and why?

At the moment I tend to have my ipod on shuffle a lot, I'm a big fan of rock but i'm pretty open minded to any genre of music.

Which living artists do you most admire and why?

I have a lot of admiration for the abstract artists such as the paintings of Rebecca Horn, Ellen Gallagher, Karl Otto Gotz, Georges Matthieu, Antoni Tapies and Helen Frankenthaler as they continually inspire me.

Which deceased artist do you most admire and why?

I'm sad to say the recently deceased Cy Twombly. A true legend. His work spans 5 decades and I have great respect and appreciation for him. He was the first artist I got into when I decided to go the abstract route.There is something about his work that just draws me into it time and time again both visually and conceptually.

Which exhibition that you have visited made the greatest impact on you and why?

I remember seeing the Cy Twombly retrospective at the tate while I was on my degree and it having a massive impact on me. Especially his ‘Quattro Stagioni’ series or four seasons. My favourite piece was autumn, it drew me in with its powerful and visceral colours. His application of paint was so expressive and his massive scale had such a theatricality to it which I adored.

What is the question you get asked most frequently about your work and how do you answer it?

What's it about?

Strangely enough this is a question I have diffcuilty answering because due to my work being about my emotional states and dreams etc I find explaining the exact meaning very difficult.

What / who inspired you to be an artist?

I was inspired by Chris Bucklow, he was an artist I met when I was in college that I was fortunate enough to have the oppurtunity to do work experience with for a week. He's the reason I wanted to seriously pursue art as a career. 

Can you tell us about where you make your art and what if any the significance of this location is?

I make my work at my home in Bristol, I find this works for me because inspration can hit me at any moment, perhaps waking up after a dream or having some emotional turmoil I feel I need to express; it works for me to always have a paintbrush close to hand as it seems my paintings and my life are so closely connected I would probably find it difficult to have a separate working space like a studio.

What do you like most about being an artist?

As self indulgent as it is my work is a sort of therapy for me it helps me express myself, I love the freedom of self expression I get from painting. I also love the feeling when I look at a painting when its finished and knowing I just made that.

What is your greatest achievement as an artist to date?

I still say the first ever award I got, when I was in school  probably about year 10, I got an artist of the year award, It was the first trophy I ever won and meant the world to me. I think thats when I realized I was really good at this whole art thing.

What are your plans for the coming year?

To exhbit as much as I can, get myself out there and to take any and all oppurtunities that come my way.