The Point Of Art Is That It

In Drawing, I Often Think Of Things As Flying Buttresses.

I Think That Sense Of Always Traveling Has Something To Do With Anonymity And Privacy And Pleasure In Having A Very Clear, Very Reductive Life.

My Support System Is Simple - People And Time. The Miracle Of Other People In Your Life.

You Start With A Generic Body, But I Think The First Wall You Hit With Portraiture Is Comprised Of History And Storytelling And The Nature Of Characters - Whether They Are Historical Or Coming From Literature Or Documentation. Those Are The References We Have To People, Besides Your Family, And The Intimacy Of Portraiture Is In The Specifics Of Individuals. For Me, It Came Out Of Doing Things About Animals.

In Our Family, There Wasn't Anything Else Besides Art. Nothing Else In The World Existed. My Father Never Spoke About Going To A Movie Or Listening To Music, Other Than My Mother's Singing.