Art! What a concept! It saved my life! A place where you can do as you please!

I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you'll need right up to the day you die.

It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with.

Art! What a concept! It saved my life! A place where you can do as you please!

Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side.

We're all kind of basically involved in the same thing, putting up a blank of some kind and filling it in.

I've been attracted to imagery and occasionally I've drawn from it, but I never thought I'd be painting these paintings. I didn't have any desire to. I didn't think there was any reason to.