Interview with Steve Bonello (he calls Malta home)

Unfinished Super Moon Propaganda 1. What inspired you to become an artist? I think it was my exposure to art history in secondary school which originally lit a flicker of interest. When I was like 15 years old or so I started doing precise architectural renderings – mostly from imagination… but I used to love the design, the symmetry – all that. 2. Are you the typical starving artist? ( please explain on this question your job as an artist and if you have another job alongside it or not because people have to see this point and see how to run their art business and whatnot) I’m surviving. But this needs some explanation. I worked for 30 years at the Maltese national airline (Air Malta) Like most legacy airlines it has suffered in recent years. Five years ago employees were offered a severance package to relinquish their job voluntarily and I took the plunge. After that I worked for 18 months at a land transport company and was then m...