Hey guys I’m a self taught artist from South Australia. I work full time and love painting on the weekends. I do various commissions but mostly do pet portraits. My pet portraits are very unique and bring out the pets true personality through paint strokes and colour. I was 6 years old when my grandmother bought me a monthly subscription for “Art Course” from the local news-agency. That was it! I was hooked learning all the techniques of drawing and painting. My first sketch was of my father who was sitting at the dinner table, I managed to catch his empty sad emotions in his face and I was only 7 years old. Further went on to win various local competitions then through my teen years lost interest. Through my early adulting years I had many traumas including a home invasion, homelessness, was a victim of domestic violence and had a drug addiction which lead to losing my home. I moved in with mum and dad, got clean and started my life from scratch with just some clothes in a suitcase. Painting was like a therapy to me and I put all my emotions on the paper even if it didn’t look good it felt good. After getting my life back on track I decided to start to paint serious again and completed my portrait of David Gulpalil following his death. This painting captured his soul is the stare of his eyes and to this day is the painting I’m most proud of. I look forward to many exhibitions of my work in the future and plan on helping other people to heal through their art.