I learned a lot about the images of pornography and how much they dealt with close-up, when a person is at their most vulnerable and having to reveal details about themselves. I wanted to combine the eternal in two different manners. There is the biological eternal - here is our species reproducing - and then the transparent, spiritual aspect of it.

I've always enjoyed feeling a connection to the avant-garde, such as Dada and surrealism and pop art. The only thing the artist can do is be honest with themselves and make the art they want to make. That's what I've always done.

Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material.

My process of being inspired is very intuitive. Im constantly following my interest.

I think about my work every minute of the day.

For me, art really starts with acceptance, self trust. Wherever you come to with art, its perfect. You dont have to come with anything. What you bring to something is the art. Thats where its found. Its found within you.

I use printers to make prints of the images that I am creating. And I try to have that surface kind of replicated in the painting.