Life with another person is always difficult.
I have never painted as well as I thought I should, so frustration came early.
It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting lies.
Do good work. Don't worry about expressing yourself. Figure out what you do well and make it better.
An artist is either good at color or good at value but rarely good at both. I focus on the tonal range, the dark-light effects, rather than the full color range of bright colors. I just don't know what to do with all those cadmiums.
Have you ever hung a piece of black velvet behind you and looked at yourself in the mirror? We are each of us quite alone, and that's what I try to paint.
A single model enables me to focus on one thing at a time, separating design and form and color into three successive stages.
It's best to give while your hand is still warm.
Having a company that's successful is a wonderful platform to do new things. You don't have to raise money for it; you can take profits from the company and pump them into new business.
I mean, it's been quite busy, especially with the rain delay the first few days, and then having to play the late evenings, waiting here every day. It's been kind of difficult.
I don't want to spend my life in my 40s feeling bad about being in my 40s, and then all of a sudden I'm 50, and I will have missed a whole decade!