Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing.

Sometimes a collage element I hit upon can inspire the entire drawing.

I feel like there’s a space of personal freedom for me where my art-making happens. When I go to that space, I’m completely in this world of possibility.

I think a lot of male artists should and probably are thinking in the same ways. The culture has moved in a more democratic, pluralistic direction. You now find a lot of people who are looking outside of the mainstream of the history of art for their mentors. Maybe not heroes, but mentors.

I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible.

Most people who think they can't live up to the great painters of the past, often times have a group of people they think they're better than.

Co-mingling really disturbs a lot of the purists, who want to see the historical and cultural divides instead of the meshing.