About the Artist
My name is Dante and I am a 27 year old Gamilaraay/Wadi Wadi artist living with schizoaffective disorder. I was born and raised in the Northern Rivers NSW and am currently located in Naarm/Melbourne VIC. I publish my art under the name “PiG SPiT” and have been running my own business and selling art since late 2019.

I only recently started showing my art to the world, however I started drawing as soon as I could pick up a pencil, and haven’t stopped since. For me, art isn’t a want or a desire - it’s an insatiable need just as pervasive and primal as the basic physical requirements such as eating, sleeping, and breathing that keep us alive. I live colour, it is in my blood, my brain, my soul.

Most of my art involves creatures I see during "hallucinations"/visions, which friends/family have suggested may be a window into the Dreaming. The vast majority of them are nonthreatening, potentially a little mischievous, and tend to give me useful advice or commentary on situations or life in general. It feels important to tether them to this reality by drawing them and sharing their wisdom.

About the Artwork
The basis of most of my works is inspired by something that is a stark reality for me, but unseen by most human eyes. Ever since I was a child I have seen unfathomable creatures that wander through different dimensions and realities, seeming to transcend space and time, occasionally visiting earth to observe, and give insight and guidance.

These creatures communicate with me - sometimes through telepathy, and other times through speech, a distorted alien accent speaking an unknown language that my brain somehow translates with ease - sometimes they bestow great wisdom, and sometimes it is pure depravity unfit for human ears. When these creatures appear before me, they radiate light and colour like nothing I’ve ever seen. They radiate every inch of the colour spectrum, and other colours that are completely inexplicable. My use of repeating lines, usually in four, six, or seven different colours, is an attempt at communicating the explosion of colour and vibrancy in a way that human eyes can easily process.

I use repeating motifs and symbols in my art that have great significance to me and/or the creatures, and are relevant to my experiences with these creatures, and my own spiritual journey. Some examples of this are runes, ----- and two small dots that appear on a lot of my creatures heads - a large red dot, representative of passion and energy, and a smaller purple dot, which symbolises spiritual insight. Numbers appear in my works as well - if not in their alphanumeric form, I will place symbols in groups of 3, 7, and 9; 3 for unity, 7 for luck, and 9 for spirituality. I use typography to communicate brief concepts and ideas that are related to things that the creatures have said to me.

The creature in this artwork is named "Dü", I didn't name him (or any of the creatures), he introduced himself to me. When I saw him he was crying and when I asked him why, he told me they were tears of joy and that he'd become overwhelmed with love for all living things - "Oh yes, yes yes yes!"