Damien Mason

Hey all, Jo asked me to take part in the Mission to Share The Love and so my first interviewee is the incredibly talented mcdowell finlyson . I am well impressed by the vigour and dynamism of mcdowell’s work, so if you haven’t checked him out already, go do it now

dead worker watering gardenias

How does being a creative person and pursuing your creativity affect other aspects of your life?

I was always the guy staring out the window at school, lost in reverie whilst the teacher was explaining some fundamental law of mathematics or an arcane principle about genetics or some such…been a dreamer ever since i could remember, being able to slip between reality and some mysterious fug is as effortless as peeling a bannana .This fuels my art , i am never without inspiration or a notebook. however,
having a tenuous grasp on the responsibilities and expectations of the real world, ie bills, taxes, other humans… can have some drawbacks…i tend to be labled as vague, unreliable and without care for others , selfish, self absorbed, arrogant..etc etc.
Im really just somewhere else most of the time, perhaps i should get an answering machine.

Tell us about one person or moment that has made your time on redbubble particularly special or meaningful

Probably a comment by Nicolas Johns regarding Garcia lorcas book ‘A poet in New York’ and the idea of huercos. I think its going to be important to the next series of paintings and films that i work on.

Show & tell us about five works on redbubble that have moved or inspired you

Im gonna list bubbs whose portfolios i have visited the most , purerly for the pleasure there imagery gives me.
-Min Woo Bang
-Steve Papadakis
-Paul Ruiz
-Mataki
-Lacitrouille