No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry.

Self-deceit is a most damaging trait. The remedy, for an artist, is to paint a self-portrait!

No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry.

I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not being true to oneself.

The art business is a rarified business and appeals to an audience capable of spending money on a luxury. Too often the atmosphere in a gallery borders on snobbishness.

Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.

Color, like everything else concerning visual expression, usually boils down to a gift, an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately, artists develop their own palette and color sense.