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I Used To Empty The Studio Out And Throw Stuff Away. I Now Don't. There Will Be A Whole Series Of Dead Ends That A Year Or Two Down The Line I'll Come Back To

The Work Itself Has A Complete Circle Of Meaning And Counterpoint. And Without Your Involvement As A Viewer, There Is No Story.

Maybe The Way We Have Learned To Look Has Changed In The Last 25 Years, And The Exotic Is Much More Acceptable. There Are Many Artists Now, Younger Artists, Who Work Out Of The Exotic

One Of The Great Currents In The Contemporary Experience Of Art Is That It Seems To Come Out Of The Experience Of The Author.

I Don't Want To Have Anything To Say, It Just Gets In The Way. I Think The Journey Of An Artist Is A Journey Of Discovery And Some Engagements With Paint, With The Nature Of Material, With Bodily Things...one Wants To Open The Story, Not Close It.