George Gittoes | Plucked

"One of my earliest drawings was of a bully plucking the wings from a fairy. I knew I was an artist, and therefore different, from about the age of ten and have always rebelled against conformity.

Artists have been a persecuted minority like homosexuals, indigenous Australians, blacks in the US, transgenders and the disabled. For all of my lifetime I have always stood against the cruelty of bullies who pick on anyone different to the mainstream."  - George Gittoes