I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.

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

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.

It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you are going to make a decent painting. Francis Bacon had a special studio built, and he felt completely emasculated in there. I have to be somewhere comfortable.

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 think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.