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Excerpts from 5 Questions with... "Some of my go to [art books] are Milton Avery, Gary Hume, Jane Freilicher, William Nicholson, William Scott (the Williams). Sometimes I troll Tumblr. People put up some great images that I probably wouldn't find on my own. The thing about the internet is that you can end up with an inspiring image that you didn't go looking for." "I'm sure young artists are tired of advice, but here's the only advice I have: Find a way to focus on your studio. Make your time there as clear and as meaningful as possible." Excerpts from Beer with a Painter.
"I like making paintings that can be read in multiple ways, all in one synthesized image." "I like that painting is inherently fictional. I have always been interested in the decisions painters make within that space — the kind of experience they create." "The willingness to give yourself up to a fictional space, which ultimately doesn’t mean anything, is something that I admire in people. It’s about believing in it, and being passionate about it, despite a colder logic... I think it’s good to maintain some of that irrational romanticism." |
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