“I suppose we all feel like we’re hiding in plain sight sometimes. We’re all putting on the facade and pretending things are fine when maybe they’re not.”
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“The great thing about photography, is that it forces you to focus and be in the moment. You start looking at things and you realise just how magnificent they are.”
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“It’s gallows humour. We’re all going to die, so let’s just have a laugh.”
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“They’re a collage of little moments in time of things I’ve seen and taken something from, whether it’s colour, texture or lines.”
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“I don’t ever think about not putting too much, or not enough. I go with what I feel in the moment with my drawings. Things are added, but never taken away.”
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“The weird thing about ScoMo is that he’s been around for a long time and we forget that. It’s strange how different he looks in some of the old cartoons. He’s much more bulbous now, he’s all cheeks and round nose.”
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“I didn’t want people to think I’m only drawing hands because I’m a deaf person. But I found myself still drawing them. A lot of deaf artists out there draw hands throughout their work, which I can understand. It’s a big part of our culture.”
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“I like to take discarded things and do something with them, to salvage them and repurpose them, even the dead.”
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“Art is so important – but then also the world’s dying and we’re just making art.”
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“Whatever image punches you in the gut more will make the stronger painting. But I do think we need more joy in the world, and we need more in painting, because it’s almost too easy to make things about anxiety in today’s world.”
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“I give constant feedback to the models I shoot. I think I say ‘YAS’ a lot. It’s a really bad habit now, but it always makes them crack up. I get really excited and squeal randomly, especially if it’s THE shot.”
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“We forage, speak to the plants and ask permission to the ancestors when we’re on the land. You feel very connected.”
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“Shapes appear when I let my mind wander too much, and I see tree branches knotting and turning to tentacles.”
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“If you can communicate to people effectively and articulate an idea that they perhaps can’t articulate themselves visually or in words, then, you know, it’s something that’s going to be of value to them.”
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“I have to visualise myself in the cities to build them. I ask what it would be like to stand in a spot and look up at these buildings. It motivates me to keep going.”
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“Sometimes I’ll put something on there and just think that it’s what happens in my own life, but everyone is like, oh yeah I’m the same. It’s nice to know it’s not just me.”
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