I just did an interview with a online magazine from the netherlands that i was pretty excited about how it turned out. Here’s a preview.
Where are you from?
everywhere. I don’t live anywhere at the moment.
What inspires you to create art and how do you keep motivated when things get tough in the studio? (more…)
Here’s a preview for an article International Tattoo is putting out about the art I do next month. (March 2008 issue)
What was your childhood like?
Childhood was defnitely a different experience. I learned my work ethic from growing up without luxury. I have been working two jobs since the age of 14, and realized early that I was the only one who was going to get me anywhere in life. You can’t depend on anyone but yourself to get by. I grew up as an only child. My parents split when I was young, and I took care of my mom growing up. Art was really the onlly outlet I had. We didn’t have much, so I would draw with whatever I could find on whatever I could find. Alot of butcher paper and bic pens were used in the process. Drawing was the only way I could release all the feelings that i had inside about what was going on in my life. Throughout life it became more of an outlet, and less of me trying to produce products. Because of that, I never had any formal art training. I went to college for completely different things (theology, theatre) and ended up an artist in the end. It’s really all I know and all I love. (more…)
here’s a preview of an interview i did for underspray.com
How did you get into art?
I grew up as an only child. My parents split when I was young, and I took care of my mom growing up. Art was really the onlly outlet I had. We didn’t have much, so I would draw with whatever I could find on whatever I could find. Alot of butcher paper and bic pens were used in the process. Drawing was the only way I could release all the feelings that i had inside about what was going on in my life. Throughout life it became more of an outlet, and less of me trying to produce products. Because of that, I never had any formal art training. I went to college for completely different things (theology, theatre) and ended up an artist in the end. It’s really all I know and all I love. (more…)
Here is an interview I just answered for a German Magazine called Tattoo Spirit, hope you guys enjoy. They had some awesome questions that I wanted to share with you guys.
1. The longer I looked at your works, the more I realized that many of your tattoos handle not only with live and death, but also with religious scenes and after I read on your homepage, that you’ve been a preacher, some things got clearer to me. So, wow, that must have been an interesting journey from preacher to tattoo-artist?
It’s funny, because sometimes they really aren’t that much different. People are always amazed and I think it’s because of the dichotomy that they create of “good” preacher man and “bad boy” tattooer. I’m really not the typical tattooer. I don’t drink, smoke or do drugs. I could care less about partying and living that life. I love art and life and that’s something I try to reflect in my tattoos. Carravagio is my number one inspiration. I want to create art that causes people to react and feel something, anything. That feeling could range from love to horror, lust to disgust, I just want them to feel. To me that is what art is, reminding ourselves we are alive with feeling. That was why I was involved with religion when I was younger, to make people feel. To remind them that they are alive. Now I do that on a different level that I feel is outside of religion. Art is now my “religion” if you will. (more…)