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This is the story all about how

my life... got to here. It's the artistic touch points that molded my mentality into the artist I am today. Is it complete? No. Is it comprehensive? Partially. But, by any man's measurement, the key points are there.

1988 Early Beginnings

Each day, five-year-old me would cover the 20 giant glass panels in front of our family home with every idea I could imagine. Every evening, my mother would rinse them clean with a garden hose.

2007 My Happy Place

I'd take any excuse to find my way back to the arts department, only leaving it for a bit of drama practice. Singing was also fun, but people didn't like that as much as my paintings. Being good at something breeds a certain level of arrogance. I wish I'd learned more - had I not been so challenging to teach.

2011 Fine Arts School

Wide-eyed and bushy-tailed - off to Fine Arts College, embellished with a handful of scholarships - ready to be an 'artist'. After a streak of A+ grades, I'd drop out after a single year. At this point in my life, I'd never felt so empty. In the following years, I'd finish a degree in Art History and Philosophy. This is one of the things that saved me. I was so full of 'how' but barren of 'why'.

2017 Visual Snow Syndrome

Emerging from a toxic trap of my own making, my vision was set ablaze with a permanent film of shimmering stars. The recipe was a tiny space, lethal fumes, and too much ego. You can learn more about Visual Snow here. Initially, I was filled with resentment and pain. Visual Snow took my ability to easily examine detail and sent once-calm gradients into chaos. It took my cherished control away from me, destroying the artist I was. Five years would go by before I'd learn that the control I'd lost was the very thing holding my art back.

2021 Isolation and connection

During the lockdowns of COVID-19, I'd create a live stream of painting. Initially, it was for family and friends. Strangers would join in and become friends too. It was in a restaurant storage shed at 2 a.m. that a 4-hour stream would reach 650,000 people around the world.

2025 A heartfelt Thank you...

To my collectors in Montana, Florida, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas, New York, Washington, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Laos, South Africa, Canada, Singapore, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.P.S If your location is not on the list, message me and I will fix it.

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So that's it.

I hope you enjoyed browsing that. There's a lot more but attention is sparce and to many facts can bog down a good story. For any more information, or parts you'd love to know more about, reach out to me directly - I'll do my best to answer well.

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