Artist Statement
I started collecting posters when I was on exchange a year and a half ago in Hamburg, Germany. Living in such a large urban centre, there were a variety of posters that advertised underground events within the city, which would usually be drawn with an illustrative and quirky personality. With so many of these magnificent posters, I could peel them off any given wall and add them to my own collection. The same city fostered my love for underground remix culture. The music put sounds and rhythm into the drawings that I would see plastered on the walls on every street. The combination of these things is something that I have always loved, but it is a different culture than the advertising that I find in Kelowna.
The flavour of this young, urban environment, with all of these drawings and musical influences really made me realize my own, personal illustration style. I have henceforth started another collection - this time of of the literary variety. The words in my posters come from a list that I have comprised of phrases and certain words that sound interesting to me. These phrases could be completely normal, but in juxtaposition with my grimy, counter culture drawings, they become dark and slightly sarcastic.
My illustrations are grounded on a fragmented, slimy narrative; the words on the posters not advertising anything in particular. They are made to be ambiguous, to draw from underground culture and leave uneasy questions.
The flavour of this young, urban environment, with all of these drawings and musical influences really made me realize my own, personal illustration style. I have henceforth started another collection - this time of of the literary variety. The words in my posters come from a list that I have comprised of phrases and certain words that sound interesting to me. These phrases could be completely normal, but in juxtaposition with my grimy, counter culture drawings, they become dark and slightly sarcastic.
My illustrations are grounded on a fragmented, slimy narrative; the words on the posters not advertising anything in particular. They are made to be ambiguous, to draw from underground culture and leave uneasy questions.