The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.
Impulses are hard to come by these days.
Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility.
I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
My goal... not to go back to Rembrandt... but to bring the great tradition and whatever is great about it, up to date.