Born in country Victoria (Aus.), Saxon spent his childhood surrounded by creativity. His mother – Dianne Coulter, also an artist, has had a large studio and gallery on the family property since he was born. His mother is definitely his mentor. He grew up with a huge studio that his mum worked from, he’d always be with her. Dianne is an incredible artist, her works range from figurative and abstract sculptures to individually-dyed garments and paintings. After studying Communication Design and building his career in Melbourne, Saxon moved to New York City, immersing himself in the city and its urban patina. The beauty he found in the aged and weathered elements was cemented as the foundation of his creative work, and painting became the outlet.

Now, from his studio in New South Wales (Aus.), Saxon primarily uses canvas, graphite, and paint, layering hues, symbols, and textures to create works that sway from the intentional to the unrestrained, the minimalist to the uninhibited. Each piece bears meaningful motifs alongside elements of mischievous humor, with each mark representing an aspect of his life. These marks are arranged precisely to induce a sensory effect, where a calming constellation can be found in a world of perceived chaos. His explorations use the medium of stained and marked canvas as a literal elucidation of the experienced environment. A narrative of monolithic shapes, line work of differing rhythm, geometry, space, and markings. 

Saxon has grown to love the process of distressing on surfaces that occurs over time; pavements worn by the pedestrian’s footsteps, weathering elements by nature, or human error. Narratives of overall shape, lines of different rhythms, geometry, space, and marks; each individual mark ends up being an intersection of sorts, much like scarred skin on a body ——– a portal to a life experience.