The goal of art-making in general is communication.
People's love of sweets and guilty feelings about overindulgence are pretty universal.
Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues.
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.
As an artist, it's possible to get tired of yourself.
When I first started painting candyland imagery, I was looking for the best possible metaphor for everything that is pleasure, desire and insatiability.