VINCENT FANTAUZZO IT WAS LIKE COUPLESTHERAPY'

'IT WAS LIKE COUPLES THERAPY'

- The prized artist talks through working on his memoir with actress wife, Asher Keddie

One of Australia's most celebrated artists, Vincent Fantauzzo, has just opened a new gallery and studio in Melbourne's Chapel Street. He has high hopes of it becoming a haven for young artistic dreamers.

"I want to bring art to the people," he tells Woman's Day.

"I was nervous to go into an art gallery when I was young and I would like young people to think they can become an artist and have a career. I hate [when they say], 'What's your back-up?'"

Vincent, 48, knows more than most about the power of dreaming big. He's just released his raw memoir, Unveiled, in which he delves deep into a traumatic childhood that saw him overcome poverty, an abusive father, being kicked out of school at 14 and escaping a life of petty crime. "I probably have a problem with oversharing," he laughs. "But [the response is] why I make art and it's why I told my story."

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