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

If you are someone like Jeff Koons, and you have to work out how to make a big chrome heart or something, then there are lots of people and a big production involved. The money is more natural somehow. For me, I am just on my own in the studio, trying to make things work. One thing is sure: it doesn't make painting any easier.

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

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

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.

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.