The moment we live in is a great time to make art. We have different technologies to play with, and we're left with the opportunity to focus on our work.

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.

When people make judgments they close all the possibility around them.

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.

People have different ideas, emotional ideas, of what certain words mean, and they think of irony as something that's more associated with being cynical-it's kind of a put-down.

I like to look at everything and appreciate seeing the different things that have meaning to people.

The job of the artist is to make a gesture and really show people what their potential is. It's not about the object, and it's not about the image; it's about the viewer. That's where the art happens.