I'm not such an artist type that I can't handle the real world. I read the financial pages, because most people don't talk about art.

I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.

I'm not such an artist type that I can't handle the real world. I read the financial pages, because most people don't talk about art.

My 20s were spent in a room, alone, mixing paints and figuring it all out.

This morning I got up early and I was glazing the paintings and they just looked so beautiful. I had a private moment of "yeah, I'm behind this." Which is all that matters as an artist, to believe in what you're doing. It sounds like an obvious thing but it takes a lot of work.

Most days, I practice piano in the mornings and I spend the rest of the day painting.

The world of painting has nothing to do with the art world.