As a kid, I was obsessed with Guinness World Records and Ripley’s Believe It or Not. I would sit for hours reading about unbelievable people and thinking how amazing it would be to end up in its pages one day. I was eight when I asked my mum to sew me a mini straitjacket so I could play Harry Houdini in the garden.

What began as a childhood obsession became a career of performance, risk and creativity. By 17, I was touring Australia, the UK and the US, evolving a show filled with stunts most would never attempt. In 2008, I set my first Guinness World Record by swallowing 17 swords, later recognized as one of the top 100 records of all time. I kept pushing my ability achieving records in knife throwing, whip cracking, sword swallowing, chainsaw juggling on a tall unicycle and blindfolded arrow catching. My wildest feat became standing on a Tesla coil whilst sending 1 million volts of electricity through my body and shooting lightning from my fingertips.

As a showman I visited over 40 countries and appeared on television screens around the world performing alongside celebrities such as Drew Barrymore, RuPaul, Sylvester Stallone, Johnny Knoxville, Peter Dinklage, and appearing with Guinness World Records stars including the world’s tallest man, the world’s smallest man and woman.

Other career highlights include creating the ‘Deja Voodoo Freakshow Cabaret’, with my partner Zoe L’Amore. This touring show featuring incredible international sideshow performers was a smash hit at multiple Adelaide Fringe Festivals and ‘London Wonderground’ on the Southbank. To promote my third season at the Sydney Opera House, I performed the world’s first underwater sword swallow in a shark tank at Manly Aquarium.

Throughout my illustrious career, art was always in the background. Whether I was drawing, sketching on scraps of paper or painting show banners it was always part of my world but it took a long time before I gave it my full attention. That changed during COVID lockdown. I was sitting on the floor painting with my young daughter and I was just assisting her but something clicked and in that moment and I realized that I wanted to paint every day. So since then, I pretty much have starting a new chapter of my life.

I opened ‘The Space Cowboy Gallery’ in Byron Bay and before long I was appearing at ‘The Other Art Fair’ in both Sydney and Melbourne, also in New Zealand Art Shows. My showman skills marked me as a crowd pleaser and I was commonly the top selling artist at each fair. Over the years I have won many art awards including multiple People’s Choice Awards. My work is now also sold through televised art auctions across America and the United Arab Emirates, as well as on luxury cruise ships. From my gallery and studio in Byron Bay, I now bring all of these chapters of my life together! My work carries the same energy, playfulness and sense of wonder that shaped my performance career.

In my future I would like the continue sharing my art and performance with people around the world in the hope that I may inspire them to follow their wildest dreams.