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Artists are like cockroaches; everything is grist for the mill.

A painting to me is primarily a verb, not a noun, an event first and only secondarily an image.

Inspiration is indispensable to my work, but it is hard to come by. It is there or it is not; it is a gift of the gods.

I'm more interested in character. Character comes out of the work. Style is applied or imposed on it.

I made my first trip west of the Hudson and it was a revelation. The naked musculature of the Rockies was overpowering and my painting responded.