The issue of innovation never interested me personally, since I believe it may lead to a place where people don't paint anymore.

What interests me is all the stuff that goes into abstract and abstract-figurative art. Not the styles, but the stuff that, in various combinations, make the styles: mixing and matching painting methods and ideas.

Most days I only go out to the post office or to get some food. Otherwise I work on my art or music. I check out the news, and generally spend a lot of time on Tumblr or Facebook or whatever.

My favorite time is late at night. I seem to wake up and want to work after 10pm, in my bubble of night.

Music and art are two very different activities for me. However, the use of imagery links them, and invention is important for both.

My work as a painter has always been tied to Modernism. I read everything I could find related to art, from Paul Cézanne through the 1950s.

I'm a New Yorker. I like the big streets and the big buildings. It's a great place to walk.