In around my early-mid 20’s, I worked in an office (Sydney, Australia) and someone I worked with told me that he only smoked so that he could get the extra 5 minutes outside of the office. This has fascinated me ever since, and has become a consistent thread within my work.
The messages that manifest within these paintings inevitably touch on a broader theme that flows throughout my visual work – the common paradoxical contrast between ‘work’ and real life (where I occasionally question if we could be doing things a little differently); and the disconnect I’ve noticed it can generate when it comes to personal identity… The fight for self!
