ARCHITECTURE. I love to depict buildings and structures in my drawings, but in particular, Soviet and Constructivist architecture. I find it so striking and creative compared to much architecture we see. Reminds me of sets you would see in science fiction films. But I am also intrigues by the history behind a lot of these buildings, to do with the Soviet revolution and how that effected creativity.
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FILM. I think the films I watch feed a lot into my work. I particularly love the films of Wes Anderson (like Rushmore, the Dargeeling Limited) they are so well thought out and beautifully filmed - he pans the camera a lot to allow for the scenery to be fully appreciated. It is his attention to detail which I think really makes the films, which I like to try and do with my work, make sure the little details are not forgotten - to not just look at the bigger picture.
LITERATURE. I also find the books I read filter a lot into my work, I am really interested in dystopian fiction, thinking about what changes could affect society and also questioning the way we live. I find it links well with the drawings I like to do of quite brutalist architecture. Some of my favourite books are JG Ballard's High Rise, Orwell's 1984, Philip K Dick's Do Anderoids Dream of Electric Sheep.
HISTORY. It is a subject I regret not carrying further because I always want to find out more about past events, it intrigues me to see how people used to act and how that has influenced how we act today and whether we actually learn from mistakes.
NATURE. I find it amazing how the world works, the way everything seems to fit so perfectly in this massive ecosystem, and the way maths has filtered into it all so that we can use that to understand the world. I find that it is all the little details in nature are so interesting to discover and depict.
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