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.

Selling is not a static activity.

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.

What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am I reporting my experience of life and the world as I see and experience it?

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

I don't approve of what Wall Street and the wealthy have done to this country, but they are the very ones buying my paintings.

Preconceived notions and rules are antithetical to the creative process.