very manufactured and based on
projections and really lacks a soul
and a heartbeat. That’s what that
particular piece is illustration is
these core elements to what make
life alive and valuable are maybe
lacking in a lot of areas that we
should focus more on them. There
will be a 23 minute time-lapse video of the whole painting, and that’s
like an incredible amount of time
condensed into the 23 minutes, so
it should be cool, I’m looking forward to it.
Do you ever tattoo at conventions?
Yes, I do tattoo at conventions
that I am invited to, I’m not one to
do the convention circuit, I have
my own clientele base that I stay
consistent with, I’m not much of
a showman, I prefer to work and
be able to focus and not be totally
distracted. Although I like doing
conventions, it’s good and it’s fun
sometimes, but I’m more of a hermit, more of an an introvert. I like
being private and working one on
one with my clients, that’s why I
have a kind of private studio set up.
You kind of remind me of Paul Booth, he said pretty much the same thing. Conventions get him out to meet his fans, but he kind of likes bringing everyone to him.
I’m the same way too, everybody comes to me. I used to go here and there but I
like my shoots more intimate so I want to have my own space so I’ve combined the
two now. Sometimes its hard to tell where one ends and the other begins so i’m
either asked if I work here too or do I live here too and one is an extension of the
other so it just makes sense that they’re combined and one in the same. Except
sometimes with artists. Artists like you and Paul are more comfortable in their
own surroundings and I’ll get better images there.As far as working with blood,
are there particular things that you find a little more difficult than painting in any
other medium?
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