AP: Describe yourself in 3 words, one has to be a colour? Coll: Orange (it's just my favourite colour, I don't fake tan), Happy, Sad AP: Tell us your perfect scenario for painting. Coll: In my flat (which serves as my studio just now), after having lots of coffee and a breakfast involving eggs, with either music or an Adam & Joe Podcast on my iPod, lots of bright sunshine and the whole day ahead of me to paint. AP: If you weren’t an artist you’d be..? Coll: The only job I've ever had is working in bookshops (still there part-time). So that, probably. AP: Do you have any advice for artists just starting out? Coll: I would say get used to rejection and knock-backs. Be prepared to spend a lot of time on your own working (unless Exterior 5
you can afford a studio) as I wasn't prepared for this being such a solitary existence. And not to get the internet anywhere close to where you are trying to work as it is like a constant, constant, nagging, whispering distraction.
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AP: And finally, what are you working on just now? Coll: I'm working on two very large paintings, a few smaller ones and on a couple of graphic novel projects. And some Dalek doodles.