As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar.

Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.

I had a teacher's degree and a degree in Oriental Philosophy from the University of Massachusetts. I thought I was going to India to study but all of a sudden, I had a career in music. It really surprised me.

Everybody's creative. We create our songs and our paintings, our families and our children. Every one of us is on the cutting edge of the future.

The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop.

Digital art software has empowered both the painterly side of photographers, and the photographer side of painters.

The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings.