After being married at 20, I spent the next 12 years living in a suburban environment, trying so hard to uphold the "Australian dream" of a mortgage, a family and a self employed existence. I did very well owning 2 homes, running a successful concreting business and of course an intelligent wife and 2 adorable children. I had it all, I had done everything society expected of me and more, it had taught me well.

Then back in 1998 something inside me snapped and I found myself homeless, unemployed and alienated from the only things that had ever truly mattered in life, my ex-wife and my children. My sudden fall from grace didn't come as a surprise, it had been gnawing away at me since my early adolescence. It was only a matter of time before the self destruct button was pressed and my life as I knew it was gone.

The studio has become my buffer zone from society and a growing inspiration point. Situated in Chatsworth, Queensland, Australia, this studio has been many years in the making, the realisation of a long personal dream. The studio is situated 50km inland from Fraser Island and Noosa and consists of a studio and living area all in one.

I could probably give you a wanky, over the top descriptive view of my surroundings yet what I really want to say here is that ignorant people are my hell, intuitive nature is my heaven, here I can be who I am without the madness and confusions of the crowd. To say anything else would be a load of bullshit, I need to be in my own space and mind frame a lot of the time, this studio helps me escape.