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On The 31st Of October 2011 Year, I Had A Mini-stroke. I Couldn't Finish My Sentences. So I Went To The Doctor. It Was A Tiny One. The Speech Came Back In A Month Or So. I Did Notice I Could Draw Even Better, I Felt. I Was Concentrating More. And I Wasn't Talking Much, But I Was Drawing. I Said, "well, I Don't Have To Talk Much."

I Have Always Believed That Art Should Be A Deep Pleasure...ther E Is Always, Everywhere, An Enormous Amount Of Suffering. But I Believe My Duty As An Artist Is To Overcome And Alleviate The Sterility Of Despair...new Ways Of Seeing Mean New Ways Of Feeling... I Do Believe That Painting Can Change The World.

About Shadows: Do We See Shadows? Loads Of People Don't. A Camera Will Notice A Shadow, But How Many People Have Got A Shadow In Front Of Them When They Take A Picture And Don't Notice It, And Then They See It In The Photograph Because The Photograph Will Catch The Shadow.

Once My Hand Has Drawn Something My Eye Has Observed, I Know It By Heart, And I Can Draw It Again Without A Model.

East Yorkshire, To The Uninitiated, Just Looks Like A Lot Of Little Hills. But It Does Have These Marvelous Valleys That Were Caused By Glaciers, Not Rivers. So It Is Unusual.