In a gallery, there's an expectation of high prices and a somewhat elitist atmosphere.
As an artist, it's possible to get tired of yourself.
People's love of sweets and guilty feelings about overindulgence are pretty universal.
Failures in art usually lead to something else interesting.
There's something of a painting of a woman that represents all women - and by extension, all of humanity - that I just find very exciting. It's a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive.
When I first started painting candyland imagery, I was looking for the best possible metaphor for everything that is pleasure, desire and insatiability.