A glimpse inside Newcastle’s street art scene as a freshly tagged laneway emerges

“This is an unusual thing to get into,” he said, “I was into drawing when I was young, but to revolve around letters, especially to begin with, I guess, is fairly unusual. But I started when I was 18 – I’m 41 now – so, you’re looking at about 23 years, or just about, and there was already a rich history of graffiti long before I came around.”