I don't think about the audience when I paint. What I do think about, on a broader level, is that I create art not just for myself and the walls of my home. Art, in the end, provides emotional, visual, and cultural value to the world...

There’s something inexhaustible about human beings – each person is different, each carries a story, something unique that can’t be found in anyone else. A sentence that has stayed with me over the years is: "Everyone has something no one else has."...

One of the main reasons I rarely paint directly from observation is that it can create a visual barrier keeping me too close to what’s in...