"...black really is better"

     I found a nice little quote about Guy Le Tatooer's work in a book called "Forever: The New Tattoo":


     "I worked a long time in colo[u]r, but after some time I think black really is better", says Tatooer. Everything is distilled, simplified, but at the same time complicated by studied explorations of iconography and symbol. Progression comes in mastery of the medium. The effect is a move toward timelessness. (Schonberger, 2012)

     I think it sums up quite well why I'm not exactly keen to introduce colours into my own work "...Progression comes in mastery of the medium."

Influences All Over the Shop.

     “It’s just about the fucking pure joy of being who you are – as crazy as you are and taking no shit, taking no judgment from society.” - Eugene Hutz (Lead Singer of Gogol Bordello)

     I saw Gogol Bordello last night and it wasn't until then that I realised how much of an influence they've had on my recent work and the above quote is exactly what it's been about.