With his vivid colours and idiosyncratic psychedelic style, the 27-year-old artist and surfer Jack Irvine leads the next generation of a distinctive and particularly Aussie art scene.

Known simply as Irvine, his work is mostly synonymous with the Australian rock band Skegss, who have given his work a global platform that the stuffy art circuit never could. But it all started with those colouring-in competitions at his local video store.