Paul Compton
Profile
Visual artist, writer and bookmaker based in Melbourne, Australia.
If I could invite any people living or dead to my dinner party the guest list would include: Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, Woody Allen, Leigh Bowery, Yoko Ono, Joan Rivers, Odilon Redon, Jarvis Cocker, Jim Henson, Andy Kaufman, Friedrich Nietzsche, Dolly Parton, Charles Dickens, Lemony Snicket, Harry Houdini, Divine and Edward Gorey. The live music would be provided by David Bowie, Alexander Scriabin, The Mountain Goats, Antony and the Johnsons, Ludwig van Beethoven, Siouxsie & the Banshees and T-Rex.
I would like to say a special thank you to Monica Rutherford and Sylvia Karall for helping me get my work up. Another big thank you to ellejayerose for her constant support. Thanks also to everyone who visits my page and comments on my work.
Groups
Paul Compton is a member of Atheism, Back In Black, Books, Character Development, Illustration - Artwork for narrative content, Melbourne & Victoria, Poetry Barn, Shoes, Six Words Only and The Drawing Board.
Art
Writings
Instruction piece (20)
Collect your tears in a glass and pour them back into the ocean
Instruction piece (9)
Put stars into your lover’s heart
Instruction piece (27)
Your teddy bear misses you.
Instruction piece (29)
Rename your goldfish every three seconds.
Instruction piece (15)
Shield your umbrella from the rain.













