I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show.

Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.

I surrender to the world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare.

I wanted to get it all down, maybe out of my system. I wanted to be able to say, Everything's possible-if you believe and can get excited.

My aim is to escape from the medium with which I work.

I am not a juicy painter.

If you clean it up, get analytical, all the subtle joy and emotion you felt in the first place goes flying out the window.