wonder, and are so much more present with whatever they are endeavouring at than adults are. INSPIRATION Where do you look for inspiration? I am inspired by compositions I see in every day life; a child splashing in puddles on his way to school, a cat sunbathing in a window… but also the work of other artists, whether friends or canonised artists. I shared a studio with the artist Richard McGuire for 3 years and his work and getting to talk about art every day with him was incredibly inspiring to me. My friend Tae Won Yu, who makes beautiful paper art inspires me a lot as of late.
Who do you admire artistically, and why? I love Alex Katz (especially his cut paper collages) Eduard Vuillard, Romare Bearden, Bonnard, Ellsworth Kelly’s plant drawings, Jean Arp, Robert McCosky’s paintings or Maine, Chiro No Showa, Ezra Jack Keats, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Alice Neel, Blex Bolex, Ben Shahn, Ludwig Bemelmans, Lucian Freud, Calder, David Park, Richard Diebenkorn’s drawings, Agnes Martin, Yoshitoshi’s 100 Aspects of the Moon, Richard Tuttle, Matisse and Milton Avery. With a few exceptions most of these artists were masters of simplifying form. As a collage artist I am always trying to cull something down to it’s most essential form.