Inspiration Is For Amateurs. Professionals Work Everyday.

Neurologically, I'm A Quadriplegic, So Virtually Everything About My Work Has Been Driven By My Learning Disabilities, Which Are Quite Severe, And My Lack Of Facial Recognition, Which I'm Sure Is What Drove Me To Paint Portraits In The First Place.

The Reason I Don't Like Realist, Photorealist, Neorealist, Or Whatever, Is That I Am As Interested In The Artificial As I Am In The Real.

All The Best Ideas Come Out Of The Process; They Come Out Of The Work Itself. Things Occur To You.if You're Sitting Around Trying To Dream Up A Great Idea, You Can Sit There A Long Time Before Anything Happens.but If You Just Get To Work, Something Will Occur To You And Something Else Will Occur To You And Something Else That You Reject Will Push You In Another Direction.

Paintings Can Make You Cry And It's Just **colored Dirt**.

The Camera Is Objective. When It Records A Face It Can't Make Any Hierarchical Decisions About A Nose Being More Important Than A Cheek. The Camera Is Not Aware Of What It Is Looking At. It Just Gets It All Down.