WORKS ON PAPER

Piss Off, Fuckin Wogs. Selected for North Sydney Art Prize 2022 - Graphite on paper, 75cm x 56cm
Piss off, Fuckin Wogs detail - In case you were thinking of contacting me with concerns about this drawing, read the artist statement first- This drawing is partly autobiographical and also an outlook on life as a complex union between violence, conflict, desire, delusions and repression. Based on a real event, the foreground scene took place on a walk with my mother, sister and myself, days after migrating from Malta to Melbourne. People threw stones and yelled obscenities at us, hence the title. Factories and a silo feature since they are among many of the dehumanising places where I worked. There were little expectations back then, life was tough, we had very little money and I was expected to go to work, anywhere, as long as I earned money. The Sydney based buildings reflect my move and new beginning while the billboards reflect dreams sold to us by the owners of the means of production, but in reality, they are of figures in bondage, no dreams, just illusions swaying us to consume and become enslaved to debt. But sex and wild fantasies dominate our lives and, like the bent chimneys, limp and resembling upside down legs, they and the billboards, reflect repressed libidinal desires in order to create, an overcrowded city and superfluous cars no less and in the end, more delusions and illusions.
Early Sunday Morning (after Edward Hopper)', collage and acrylic paint on paper, 80cm x 56cm
Early Sunday Morning, detail - Inspired by Edward Hopper's painting and bearing the same name, Early Sunday Morning is a composition of individually cut out royalty free images. Unlike Hopper's quiet work, this collage is loud and a cacophony of colour, competing signs, billboards, cars and structures. All signs of life are on billboards, everywhere else is just evidence of human activity. There's no soul, just an affirmation of the self through a jostling of space, repetition and lures to consumption.
Early Sunday Morning, detail
'If Only They Knew I Was Here', graphite, collage on paper, 80cm x 56cm
'If Only They Knew I Was Here', detail
Where Did You say You Live Again? - Lino cut , 2020
Bridge Sydney to Malta - Graphite on paper
City Dialogue - Hand coloured etching
Where Did You Say You Live Again? - Graphite on paper, 42cm x 29.5cm
Where Did You Say You Live Again? 2 - Graphite on paper, 42cm x 29.5cm
Egg Beater - Etching
Winter Trees - Lino cut
Digestive System
City Dialogue - Aquatint
In The Beginning - Lino cut
Urban Logic A and B - Graphite on paper
Figure in Landscape - Lino cut

Piss Off, Fuckin Wogs. Selected for North Sydney Art Prize 2022 - Graphite on paper, 75cm x 56cm
Piss off, Fuckin Wogs detail - In case you were thinking of contacting me with concerns about this drawing, read the artist statement first- This drawing is partly autobiographical and also an outlook on life as a complex union between violence, conflict, desire, delusions and repression. Based on a real event, the foreground scene took place on a walk with my mother, sister and myself, days after migrating from Malta to Melbourne. People threw stones and yelled obscenities at us, hence the title. Factories and a silo feature since they are among many of the dehumanising places where I worked. There were little expectations back then, life was tough, we had very little money and I was expected to go to work, anywhere, as long as I earned money. The Sydney based buildings reflect my move and new beginning while the billboards reflect dreams sold to us by the owners of the means of production, but in reality, they are of figures in bondage, no dreams, just illusions swaying us to consume and become enslaved to debt. But sex and wild fantasies dominate our lives and, like the bent chimneys, limp and resembling upside down legs, they and the billboards, reflect repressed libidinal desires in order to create, an overcrowded city and superfluous cars no less and in the end, more delusions and illusions.
Early Sunday Morning (after Edward Hopper)', collage and acrylic paint on paper, 80cm x 56cm
Early Sunday Morning, detail - Inspired by Edward Hopper's painting and bearing the same name, Early Sunday Morning is a composition of individually cut out royalty free images. Unlike Hopper's quiet work, this collage is loud and a cacophony of colour, competing signs, billboards, cars and structures. All signs of life are on billboards, everywhere else is just evidence of human activity. There's no soul, just an affirmation of the self through a jostling of space, repetition and lures to consumption.
Early Sunday Morning, detail
'If Only They Knew I Was Here', graphite, collage on paper, 80cm x 56cm
'If Only They Knew I Was Here', detail
Where Did You say You Live Again? - Lino cut , 2020
Bridge Sydney to Malta - Graphite on paper
City Dialogue - Hand coloured etching
Where Did You Say You Live Again? - Graphite on paper, 42cm x 29.5cm
Where Did You Say You Live Again? 2 - Graphite on paper, 42cm x 29.5cm
Egg Beater - Etching
Winter Trees - Lino cut
Digestive System
City Dialogue - Aquatint
In The Beginning - Lino cut
Urban Logic A and B - Graphite on paper
Figure in Landscape - Lino cut