By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become a boutique operation, manipulated by fashion, self-serving art scholars and the vagaries of the auction block.

Somewhere in my head, a private conviction exists that 'Search is the Process' and 'Discovery the Art Form.

Collage-making, for me, is basically an act of painting, allowing me to indulge in an appetite for immediacy.

By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become a boutique operation, manipulated by fashion, self-serving art scholars and the vagaries of the auction block.

I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it.

The search which takes place in my studio might best be described as a mining operation, a vertical dig in which a number of discoveries are apt to surface from a single shaft.

It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and 'search' is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along with the risk.