All paintings are abstract ideas, not representations of a true reality.

The wide open nature of any truly creative artistic endeavor is one of its most important virtues, and one of its harshest realities. Only the most determined, hardest working, capable and creative will make their way to earning a good living by their art.

You have to understand how the human eye behaves when it views a scene for the first time. Work with that knowledge, and your paintings will have more drama and will evoke strong reactions.

The theme, or harmony, of a painting can be created by any one of its visual elements. A single colour... repetition of shapes... Light can be a theme.

Being true to oneself more often leads one toward success rather than away from it.

The difficult part of the process is the long exploration and discovery of your own soul and living with the results.

Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not they can read that particular language.