"Each painting is a challenge, I’m using a medium that was never designed to be painted with. I also want people to stop and think just for a moment, and see blood for what it is, LIFE, not grotesque. People instantly associate blood with pain and death, blood is the giver of life, that’s partly why I paint so many portraits of animals, they are heart warming images."

"I have been receiving multiple emails from people asking me how I paint in blood and requesting an insight into my work. Let me make this clear, I will never give out my secrets. It has taken me years and years to perfect my art to the point where I can now share and sell my unique work to the public. Sorry to be so blunt about this but you need to understand that this is what makes me different from every

other painter in the world. Think of my artwork like a secret recipe…"

"One secret I will tell you about is that I NEVER paint in anyones blood but mine and I NEVER use animal blood. I believe that by only using my blood as a medium to paint I am able share myself and be apart of every painting I create. No better way to give a piece of yourself and your art than physically being apart of it, I think."

"Every time I harvest blood I feel like s--- for a week."

"It doesn't handle like paint, you put one layer on and then you put another layer on over the top and the first layer liquifies again and comes off, flies try to eat it, there are so many downsides."

"My evolution has been a fun ride, with each painting I usually realise something new, and it’s never the same, even if it’s the same blood, same canvas, it’s always different in application."

"With every painting, my blood is never the same. It varies according to diet temperature. How I’m feeling, sleep, everything. So each time I use it, it’s different. But each piece I take something new away from it."

"It's potentially lethal ... if there's a blockage and air goes back into my veins."

Australian tattoo artist Dr. Rev Mayers using his own blood to create amazing artworks.The Sydney-based tattoo artist uses a variety of art techniques such as airbrushing, standard paint brushing, scraping, smudging and layering to create his realistic masterpieces.Mayers said blood was difficult to paint with for several reasons.Dr Rev’s story can be found in his new book “Dr Rev – A man with blood on his hands.”Dr Rev had an Iwata airbrush surgically attached to the vein in his arm and painted a gorilla portrait live in front of 2000 people with the blood flowing from his body.He usually does not extract blood on the spot for his work, instead he has it professionally taken out and then does the artwork afterwards.Check his website: http://bloodpainting.com/ and http://www.bloodpainter.org