No Life Without Art: An Interview with Tom Fisher

Tom Fisher is an illustrator, street artist, graffiti artist and up-and-coming tattoo artist working at Nauti Studios in the Blue Mountains. We asked Tom some red hot Qs to get a behind the scenes look at their world, and the inspiration behind their work.

Tom working on his beautiful jellyfish mural at Nauti in the Blue Mountains.

Tea or coffee?
Tea

Sunrise or sunset?
Sunset

What scares you?
Reality

When did you start drawing?
I started from back as far as I can remember, especially with my grandma taking me to art classes and introducing me to different galleries around Sydney at such a younger. I was always really drawn to cartoons as a kid.

What inspires you and your work?
Usually seeing what my mates are working on whether that be through spray painting, tattooing, fine painting or even music. But definitely having a background in graffiti definitely still has a lot of influence on my art and where it's going.

What’s your fav thing about Nauti?
I love how it's such a great environment where people can be their selfs and not be judged but also feel comfortable to express themselves. It feels like a second home. It’s quite a social environment and there’s always somebody around to have a chat with.

What is the piece of work you are most proud of?
Probably the large scale jellyfish I’ve painted on the wall facing the front entrance of Nauti. It was great to have a nice big space to fill and I really enjoyed the creative freedom I had with it. It was painted alongside the Porthole Gallery paintings as part of the last Nauti Studios Open Day.

What are you working on at the moment?
A whole bunch of stuff and hopefully bigger things to come. I’m hoping to find more time to work on my own designs in between my work and other commitments.

What are your favourite materials to use?
At the moment I’m really enjoying getting into using ink pencils. I’ve also been using spray paint for a long time which began when I started venturing into my own creativity more.

A pic of Tom’s big beautiful jellyfish painted on the walls of Nauti in the Blue Mountains.

If you weren't an artist, what would you be?
I honestly don't know to be honest, can't really imagine life without art.

Have any artists changed the way you see the world?
Definitely mates of mine that are pushing their careers with tattooing or art that they’re bringing to the streets.

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