Brixton born, Brighton bound, and proudly working outside the rules. 

With no formal training, I paint in the spirit of Art Brut, letting raw emotion lead instead of technique or tradition. Art that doesn’t ask permission, follow rules, or wait for approval. My work is a visual diary of my dreams, my memories, my grief, the love for my wife, and the louder parts of my mind that need to be removed!

The character Orange Boy was created and became the centre figure of me and my work during one of the darkest and most brutal moments of my life — after losing a very close friend and falling into depression and health issues. Painting helped me climb out of that, piece by messy piece.

Painting became survival. Grabbing whatever paint, crayon or pencil I can find to help me drag the chaos out of my head and onto whatever surface I could find! Once a piece is finished, I never return to it. Each work holds my exact moment and feeling in time never to be relived and never to be recreated again.

My work is emotional storytelling, not just decoration. Every piece is a moment — a memory, a dream, a panic spiral, a flash of joy, a thought I don’t know how to say any other way. Emotive Essentialism — I don’t know what else to call it.: (art stripped back to nothing but honest emotion).

I paint to understand myself. I paint to stay alive. The understanding of my mind will be something I’ll probably be searching for forever — but at least now I’m painting the journey.