I have always been creative and a little obsessed with making things look good. As a kid you would always find me drawing something. I had done a few paintings in my late teens but after entering the work force as a tradie I gave up painting and drawing.
It wasn’t until I was 28 that I had the idea of being an artist and after struggling to find an artwork for our apartment I decided to paint one myself. It was so well received by family and friends that my wife suggested that I should be an artist. I was not loving my job at the time so I thought why not!
2 months later I was selling prints at a local market and then 18 months later I quit my job and became a full time artist. Since then I have managed to open a public studio in East Brisbane and my wife Tracy has started working full time in the business with me.
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