I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around.

Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.

I have always attempted to create images that deliver the maximum amount of information about the subject.

Ive said its a little bit like a magician performing for a convention of magicians... all the magicians in the audience watching this illusion-Do they see the illusion, or do they see the device that made the illusion? Probably they see a little of both.

Paintings can make you cry and it's just **colored dirt**.

Painting is the frozen evidence of a performance.

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another.In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.