What did creativity look like for you as a child? Were you always drawing or making things?
I always loved painting and drawing things as a child. Me and my now comic book artist brother Jake used to play lots of games involving drawing. We used to play a lot of consequences and also made our own comic, which was pretty much a Beano / Dandy rip-off. There was also a character called Scribble Man who came out a lot, consisting of a big scribble with a face drawn on it.
Was there someone who encouraged you to make art when you were young?
I feel very lucky to have been brought up by parents who are creative themselves. My Dad is a graphic designer, and my mum studied fashion, so they were always very encouraging with the artwork I created when I was little. But more than anything, they never put pressure on me to do anything, I had the freedom to do what I wanted.
Did you have artwork on your bedroom walls or around your home growing up, and do you remember a favourite piece or how art made you feel as a child?
While I was at nursery, I painted a vase of sunflowers, I think inspired by Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. My parents framed the painting, and it's been up on the wall to this day. I was very proud of the painting as a child, and I like it even more now. I’ve even thought about getting prints made of it now, haha.
