Hello Neil! It's a great pleasure to make an interview with you. I can say that I really enjoyed looking at your art portfolio. So many different colors, themes, drawings - awesome! You seem to be very into creating and improving.

Tell me little about your beginnings...

Q: How did you get into graffiti?
A: I started when I was bout 14 tagging and been a tat basically, then as I was growing up stronger I got into artists such as TRANS1 and BLAM.

Q: Do you remember your first graffiti? What was it?
A: My first proper piece was a screaming face in black and white with a artist called PEAK!

Q: What would you call your style?
A: Characters and photo realism!

Q: Do you consider graffiti as a great way to express your self?
A: Definitely its a define art form reason why I choose to paint characters, more appealing to the general public. Not everyone understands graffiti letter forms and class it as vandalism, more people respect characters in my opinion!

         

Q: Graffiti is very creative work. How do you get inspired?
A: I get inspired by looking people around, local faces such as drunks and crazy people.

Q: Creating a big piece could be difficult. Do you have a sketch book?
A: I do, but I don't use it so much. Its just in my head, I know what I want before I start.

          

Q: Through your portfolio we can see a lot of colors. Any favorite color combination or style that you prefer?
A: I love working in grey tones with a bright color as a border, but really any color is great brighter the better when you can see a piece from across the road or further is the best buzz ever!

Q: When writing graffiti did you try to keep your identity anonymous where ever possible?
A: At first your but the more popular my work got the more commissions came in and then that way it is hard to be anonymous really but your think am still pretty low key in the world! haha!



Q: There were a lot of debates about graffiti art in the past years. Some people still consider graffiti art as a deviation, sub culture etc. What is the opinion about graffiti in your country?
A: Very much the same to a certain extent, but like I say the reason I paint character is more people see it as art and not graffiti!! If that makes sense?

Q: Of course! What are your thoughts about the movies about graffiti, such as " Bomb the System", Tony Silver and Henry Chalfantës ìStyle Warsî in 1982 or Charlie Ahearnës ìWildstyleî in 1983?
A: I think they are trying to express the art form and not the vandalism form!

         

Q: Do you think graffiti has become mainstream?
A: Definitely, yet more night clubs and bars are more open to it now think they see it as the youth of today really!

Q: What are your feelings about the graffiti scene at present and the transitions in styles you must have seen since you began writing?
A: There is a lot of shit around but then I imagine people think that about some of my work. Were I live there a lot off youngsters that like to destroy good work, when I started out there was like a rule , u never go over sumet if u cant beat it??? A mark of respect!

Q: Which artists would you most like to work with if given the chance?
A: TRANS1-GNASHER-BLAM, TO MANY TO MENTION!

Q: Who is your favorite project You've been doing lately?
A: I like shocking art such as my new wall which I did yesterday a local tramp drinking super strength lager, I know some people will not like it but I bet all the tramps and drunks will haha!!

Q: Your talent can be exposed not just on the streets, It appears on many cool interior designs. Awesome! What is more challenging for you?
A: The streets because it gets more exposure and also people stop and watch you painting!!! Also weather plays a big part of painting out doors!! Both the another upside to painting interior is getting a nice cash in hand at the end of the day!

Q: Which are the most interesting experiences with customers?
A: I've had to paint a koi pond in a little blow up boat that was a interesting job!!

Q: Do you still enjoy painting as much now, or do you feel jaded at all, do you still have the enthusiasm?
A: Painting is my passion, like I said am a tattooist by trade, but there no room for mistakes doing tattoos, were as graffiti is more relaxed, I believe I will paint till the day I die, my dream is to get my son who is 2 at the moment to be really good at art and one day we will burn walls together !!!

Q: Any tips you can give beginners that are just starting?
A: Don't give up, find area u like and stick at it. I hate doing letters so I get 1 of my crew to do that bit and ill bang the characters out, team work is best for burning walls!!
Feel free to change any bits needed to make a more interesting interview thanks again please send more details of final piece!!! POSTO!
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