Writing Can Be A Very Solitary Business.

Painting Is A Matter Of Finding The Right Balance Between Consoling And Reassuring The Eye And Challenging And Disturbing The Eye.

I Also Paint, Draw And I'm Into Film And Photography As Well, And The Same Thing Applies To All Of Them. You're Presenting This Material To The General Public And Hoping That They're Going To 'get' What You're Doing. Some Don't, Some Do.

The Joy Of Painting Lies Precisely In The Challenge Of Memory And The Challenge Of Translation From The Lived Experience To The Two-dimensional Or Three-dimensional Symbol.

Considering The Amount Of Work I Put Into Each Piece, The Amount I Need To Make From It Is Pretty High. I Won't Sell For Less... But That Means I Rarely Sell.

The Most Terrifying Thing I Can Think Of Is Being Alone - And I Mean Utterly Alone, Like No One Else In The World Alone - At Night. That's The Nucleus Of The First Story In My Collection And It's Also Where The Title Came From For The Book.