CraveOnline: I tend to see the Buff Monster character morph in appearance from time to time. I see BM’s with: Breast, Ice Cream, Nipples, Cherries, and even a Labia, what are your motives behind these transformations? Anything at all, or you just looking to push the limit?

Buff Monster: I just channel the Buff Monster spirit and this is what comes out. It’s so much fun.

CraveOnline: Moving from Hawaii to Los Angeles (for college), and now based in Los Angeles, how much influence does this city have on your work?

Buff Monster: I actually live in Hollywood, which is a subtle but important detail. Hollywood as a place and as a cultural idea is unique. It’s history is based in the movies, an industry based on image, glamour and fantasy but the contemporary physical city is anything but glamorous. That is, unless you’re going to a cheesy club on Sunset. Hollywood is a wonderful example of how everything is made up, even our own “reality.”

CraveOnline: Does your background in the porn industry have influence in the madness?

Buff Monster: That sounds so scandalous.

CraveOnline: Sometime ago I saw a shoot where hot ass girls had Buff Monster art all over their naked bodies. What’s up with all the chicks lovin’ Buff Monster and how much ass do you pull dude?

Buff Monster: Sometimes my job demands that I paint naked girls and that’s fun. I work really hard, but there are perks. Literally.

CraveOnline: You use a lot of the color Pink in your artwork, and have seemed to adopted the term “Pink is Power”, why pink and why the term?

Buff Monster: That’s a gift from Lollipop Land. Pink is an amazing powerful color. Now, I’m asking the reader to consider the color from a cultural and political perspective. It’s obviously the color of cute, but there is so much more to it. There is certainly nothing submissive about the specific shade that I use. Pink is such an important part of my work that it would be impossible to use another color.