I Have Always Attempted To Create Images

At The Same Time That I'm Finding The Color World I Want, I'm Also Trying To Make The Imagery, You Know, By The Nature Of The Strokes Themselves.

A Face Is A Road Map Of Someone's Life. Without Any Need To Amplify That Or Draw Attention To It, There's A Great Deal That's Communicated About Who This Person Is And What Their Life Experiences Have Been.

In The 7th Grade, I Made A 20-foot Long Mural Of The Lewis And Clark Trail While We Were Studying That In History Because I Knew I Wasn't Going To Be Able To Spit Back The Names And The Dates And All That Stuff On A Test.

Any Innovation That Is Evident In My Paintings Is A Direct Result Of Something That Happened In The Course Of Making A Print.

The First Thing I Do Is Take Polaroids Of The Sitter - 10 Or 12 Color Polaroids And Eight Or 10 Black-and Whites.