On Art:
"Its an expression, of me"
"It's about creating imagery that's interesting to me and engaging to others."
On Drawing:
"Doing drawings prepare me to go to the studio."
On Painting:
"I'm painting a painting."
"Components of paintings are gesture and color."
"Material and scale dictate certain things."
"My compositions are a synthesis of colors, shading, surface and depth."
"It's about the paint, the pleasure of painting."
"it's about the painting itself--about the juxtaposition of colors, about texture, the thingness of it."
"I'm interested in the sensuousness of painting."
On Process:
"How I do it has a lot to do with the what and why of paintings."
"There are certain key colors that I start with in each painting."
"Its about finding what colors work together to create a response.
On Admired Artists:
Cezanne, Goya, Van Gogh, John Marin, De Kooning, Rothko, Pollock