I wanted to show painting paintings first, then the plate paintings; now I can show that I've sort of freed myself from stylistic inhibitions.

I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to operate in that way on the viewer.

A lot of what I do is about being in the moment and I think that's hard for people to get. I like it when things suddenly affect the painting. I mix up this red and it affects the whole painting or this little bit of white falls down there, and something changes the whole nature of the thing. The residue on what happens, that's what's in the paintings.

There's been too much attention on marketing. Can't we just talk about the paintings?

I see paintings everywhere. I look at stuff and it looks like painting to me.

I think that truth is stranger than fiction, and it's nice to know the people you're making a movie about.

Painting is like breathing to me. It’s what I do all the time. Every day I make art, whether it is painting, writing or making a movie.