The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals.

In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us.

It inspired all sorts of whims and fancies that I ultimately wove into a fairy tale complete with muse, the earth, the moon, some famous inventors, a dog and a rabbit.

The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control.

I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form.

If we listen human instinct actually tells us what we need, but advertising makes us want things we don't need and things we can't have.

Practical! On Wednesday afternoons I could be practically anything. What's up?