But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.
Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.
If your work doesn't speak to people, it's beyond comprehension and risible, but if people engage with it, you become tarred with the brush of populism.
But we should also not forget the difference between what first motivated me and the work that is the result.
I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.
So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
I'm not really looking for theater work. But if somebody approaches me with enthusiasm, I might respond.
As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it.
Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head.
The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and work with them as I'm searching for an idea that works.
I like kids' work more than work by real artists any day.
I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting.
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
I've heard my work called 'bold' and 'graffiti-like,' but for me it is always instinctual. I start with a shape or a colour and go from there.
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
I had heard some women make comments about my chest, so why not show it off? Nobody wants to see a fat guy in tights. That wouldn't be fair to the fans.
That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.
Working within the constraints of a problem is part of the fun and challenge of design.
The beautiful is powerless but always exceeds what frames it, and what always frames it is discourse.
