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

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

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.

The art which speaks to a universal audience concerns itself with the 'big' questions of life and death, and delivers its message with unrelenting and powerful emotion.

Selling is not a static activity.

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