Mr Sam Smith…
Humility is something long lost in today’s world…
To get somewhere in life doing what you love and what you’re good at is commendable… So few ever take the risk or get the oppurtunity…
You can take the path of the ‘self marketer’ or you can just work hard at what you love and see where it takes you…
Sam takes the second option… Here is Sam’s shadow.
RV: How have you been?
SS: I’ve been good
RV: Do you think there could be another colour out there we haven’t seen? or is that just crazy talk?
SS: I think this is crazy talk.
RV: What would be the first thing you would do if:
a) You were elected PM of Australia
SS:
b) You ran over your neighbours cat
SS:
c) You found $10,000 under the seat of your car
SS: Buy a Kingswood and then, hit the mall
d) You woke up with ‘COWABUNGA’ tattooed on your back.
SS: Maybe start working on a Ninja Turtle design to go below it. A sewer scene, Splinter in the middle in karate stance and all the turtles around him handling their weapons.
e) You realized you had been in a coma for the past 10 years
SS: I dont know? That would be crazy though.
g) Some old bloke down the pub said ‘what are you staring at champ’
SS:
Simmer down, you lickin’ too hot, so
Simmer down, soon you’ll get dropped, so
Simmer down, can you hear what I say
Simmer down, that why won’t you, why won’t you, why won’t you simmer down
Simmer down.
Long time people dem used to say
What sweet nanny goat a go run him belly, so
Simmer down, oh control your temper
Simmer down, for the battle will be hotter
Simmer down, can you hear what I say
Simmer down, oh that i’m leaving you today
Simmer down.
RV: What was the first piece of art that grabbed your attention?
SS: There was fine art stuff I liked from art classes at school but I think the first stuff that really grabbed was the obey stuff.
RV: Is there a reason you became an artist and not a renderer or removalist?
SS: Mainly fame but also money and respect.
RV: Would you be offeneded if someone hung your art on the back of their dunny door?
SS: No, you get a captive audience a few times every day.
RV: Whats the most positive criticism you have received about your art?… & negative?
SS: ”Isn’t it about time you stopped doing that”
RV: Do you listen to music or have the TV on when you paint or draw?
SS: Just music, TV is distracting and demotivating.
RV: Any memorable music film clips?
SS: I cant remember many, but I like this one.
RV: Any phobias?
SS: Big chickens.
RV: What would you have written on your gravestone?
SS:
RV: Heads or tails?
SS: Fish tails.
RV: If you were given a million dollars to start your own company what would you make and what would you call it?
SS: Maybe a beer company. Thats where all the money seems to be. XXXX is a sweet name but its already taken.
RV: If you were a serial killer what would be your trademark?
SS: Everyting I thought of made me sound like an actual serial killer.
RV: Do you still own a VHS player?
SS: Yeah, its only for watching 5’5” x 19” 1/4
RV: If you think of something can you draw it?
SS: Defiantely not.
RV: Whats your take on how a camera takes a still frame of a precise moment of time?
SS: Its really fun. I like how so many really stupid photo’s get taken now with digital being so popular.
Cheers Mr Smith.
To keep an eye out for Sam’s work go to survival of the shittest
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