For years I have been influenced by the situationist movement, and the way they fought to show their own personality in what they saw as a mundane capitalist system. Their ideas to make art challenge the norm, and my work in the building trade has led to my recent work in making objects from solid glass and salvaged materials. Art is a hobby and I dont claim to be a street artist, but one thing I do love is that my art can breathe life into the world around it
Several years ago I dedicated the majority of my time to researching graffiti and public art. In particular, the ways in which it become more reflective of the world around it. The continual evolution and integration of street art into our everyday lives extended our understanding of our immediate environment - questioning the hegemonic powers which we subconsciously adhere to. Luckily I met a few artists along the way who have kept my involvement in the "street art" scene (a big shout out to SNUB and the other Grafik Warfare artists).
I have been and will always be inspired by the way in which the "situationist" use art to enable them manifest their own personality within a predominantly capitalist system. I have started to use old materials often deemed as rubbish in my art and also the re-use of scrap glass in glass sculpture and to then show case this art work in the streets as influnced by Free Art Friday.
This website is therefore the beginning of my new ambition to integrate art into public space, to demonstrate my interests, explore new styles, and in a dream world, inspire others to breathe life into the world we live through artistic means.