Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.

I also learned that you are affected by your environment, even if you try not to be. Color, light that is, matters because you want to do justice to it and also you get excited by it.

I constantly have to negotiate with my doubts.

It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting.

I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh.