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.

There tends to be a sort of mundane quality to what I select - things from around the house, around the studio. I'm not ashamed of the craft shop - the art supply store - and I don't need my work to be anti-art store, but I also believe in using things that are just sort of around - it makes sense to me.

The humor for me is how far above your head the signature is - it's dislocated from the sign of the artist in such a distinct way that it could almost be a self-portrait of a sort.

I think that I'm going to be including a lot of anonymous female artists in what I look at and incorporate. Most textiles are created by women. Generally, most stuff that's not in the canon is created by women.

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.