This month we caught up with our artist Josef Neet and asked him to answer a few questions to give us an insight into his world. At the centre of Josef’s practice is a raw creativity in his works of the movement and his uninhibited and instinctive approach to materials, composition and ideas. Read on to discover the artist behind the work.

What are the three things you take with you on a desert island?
AK-47, Machete, Speed Boat

What is your favourite Colour?

Pink

What is your favourite shape?

Poorly drawn circles

What are your favourite studio clothes?

99% of my clothes have paint stains on them, anything from my wardrobe!

What is your favourite moment of the day to create?

As soon as I get up, sleep still in eyes, pottering around studio, not thinking too much about it.

What is your one tip from artist to artist?

Don’t listen to other artists, it’s your work, you’ve got to figure it out for yourself.

What is the best advice you have received?

“Just keep going”

What are your main influences in your practice?

Going to exhibitions and seeing how other artists approach their work is always humbling and inspiring. Recently I’ve been trying to pay more attention to colour palettes, especially within film. For that reason, I would say that colour grading is impacting my work.

What are your sources of inspiration?

The ever-churning nogging, creating for the sake of it.

Is there one advice you completely ignored?

Nothing comes to mind

What is the most random tool you have used to create?

I don’t have it anymore, but it was a large kitchen knife, I would often get too excited and tear through the canvas.

What is the most challenging part of being an artist?

I can’t complain about it. 150 years ago I’d be up a chimney.