A pervasive sense of parody and humour is displayed within The Empire Sells Out, where more-than-human figures, forms, and omnipresent forces play their part in a drama-charged, shifting society.
After studying at St. Martins School of Art and the London College of Printing, Guy moved to Australia in 1981 He worked in advertising for 35 years, initially as an art director then copywriter and creative director in Sydney and Brisbane. He also taught at the Queensland College of Art and KvB Raffles in Sydney. He attended Sydney College of the Arts in 2009-2010 enrolling in the Master of Studio Arts course and also served on the Academic Board. Guy first entered the Archibald Prize, Australia's oldest and most prestigious portrait prize in 2013 to demonstrate his permanently distorted vision after suffering a major retinal detachment a few months earlier. His work was selected that year and again in 2015. Guy retired from advertising in 2015 and turned to painting and writing. He served on the Board of Arts Access Australia (the peak body for Arts and Disability) from May 2017 to February 2020. He has exhibited widely and his paintings are held in private collections inAustralia, USA, UK and New Zealand. Guy established his own art gallery in Crown Street, Surry Hills in June 2021.
