My Support System Is Simple - People

I Think That Objects Have Memories. I’m Always Thinking That I’ll Go To The Museum And See Something And Have A Big Memory About Some Other Lifetime.

Some People Think Or Expect That You Should Make The Same Kinds Of Art Forever Because It Creates A Convenient Narrative... I Want My Work To Embody My Inherent Contradictions.

You Start With A Generic Body, But I Think The First Wall You Hit With Portraiture Is Comprised Of History And Storytelling And The Nature Of Characters - Whether They Are Historical Or Coming From Literature Or Documentation. Those Are The References We Have To People, Besides Your Family, And The Intimacy Of Portraiture Is In The Specifics Of Individuals. For Me, It Came Out Of Doing Things About Animals.

If You Stick To Your Work It Will Take Care Of You Somehow.

I Think Making Things Beautiful Is Important. But Often What's First Considered Ugly Is Beautiful, Too.