People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls: faith, family, home, a simpler way of living, the beauty of nature, quiet, tranquillity, peace, joy, hope. They beckon you into this world that provides an alternative to your nightly news broadcast.

Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.

I was always the kid who could draw. I had this talent, and it was the one thing that gave me some kind of dignity in the midst of my personal environment.

It's a simple liberating reality - the best things in life are mine for the choosing.

People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls: faith, family, home, a simpler way of living, the beauty of nature, quiet, tranquillity, peace, joy, hope. They beckon you into this world that provides an alternative to your nightly news broadcast.

The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.

It's when I let myself get little that I tumble head over heels into joy.