Interview with Trevor Phillips

Trevor was born in 1975 in Summerland, BC. He is a self-taught artist with a lifelong artistic practice in many mediums ranging from illustrating, painting, graphic design, and screen printing. He has a natural talent and ability to be creative with any medium undertaken. Some of his artistic influences include Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. His artwork incorporates his influence with comic books, graffiti, fine art, both contemporary and abstract, Japanese printmaking, anime, screen printing and natural settings. His latest work uses bright colours and bold lines to create captivating pop culture pieces that are unique and one-of-a-kind experiences.

1.What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A world where everyone works together for the betterment of us all and the planet we inhabit.
2.What is your greatest fear?
Being alive and not living
3.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Procrastination. I put off a lot of important tasks to the last second
4.What is the trait you most deplore in others?
A sense of self-entitlement
5.Which living person do you most admire?
David Suzuki
6.What is your greatest extravagance?
Vinyl records
7.What is your current state of mind?
Be the best self I can be amid the chaos that is me
8.What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Chastity
9.On what occasion do you lie?
When it’s part of playing around
10.What do you most dislike about your appearance?
My nose
11.Which living person do you most despise?
Brad Marchand
12.What is the quality you most like in a man?
Altruism
13.What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Playfulness
14.Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Ugh
15.What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Art
16.When and where were you happiest?
As a kid I was happiest being outside and exploring
17.Which talent would you most like to have?
Playing guitar
18.If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My stubbornness
19.What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Getting backstage to a show by convincing the bouncer I was late to interview the band
20.If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
Most definitely a crow or raven
21.Where would you most like to live?
In a treehouse
22.What is your most treasured possession?
My car
23.What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Blackness and silence
24.What is your favorite occupation?
arting
25.What is your most marked characteristic?
My laugh
26.What do you most value in your friends?
Being able to be real around each other
27.Who are your favorite writers?
Charles Bukowski
28.Who is your hero of fiction?
Usagi Yojimbo
29.Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Mozart
30.Who are your heroes in real life?
Nikola Tesla
31.What are your favorite names?
Guilherme
32.What is it that you most dislike?
Peas
33.What is your greatest regret?
No regrets
34.How would you like to die?
When I’m old and tired. I will procure a bunch of drugs and head to a forest. I will set up under a tree where I can fade away and the forest animals can eat my body
35.What is your motto?
Be your best that your best can be!