I think artists almost always end up turning to what's around them, what's in their environment or outside their window.

I started to try to be a colorist, although secretly thinking of myself as somewhat of a black and whiteist.

You build up a head of steam. If you're four days out of the studio, on the fifth day you really crash in there. You will kill anybody who disturbs you on that fifth day, when you desperately need it.

Most of my painting is done sitting in a chair with a book. I'd say it's 80 per cent sitting and reading, 10 per cent eating and ten per cent painting.

Sometimes the painting starts to relate very directly to either sights seen or experiences felt, other times it just goes off on a tangent that you really can’t articulate.

The paintings are like prayers, relating to wishing for something beyond everyday life.

I can say that paintings are prayers, they have to do with anything that makes you wish for more that what everyday life provides.