I Can Be Fearlessly Strong At Times

I Didn't Want To Make 'high' Art, I Had No Interest In Using Paint, I Wanted To Find Something That Anyone Could Relate To Without Knowing About Contemporary Art. I Wasn't Thinking In Terms Of Precious Prints Or Archival Quality; I Didn't Want The Work To Seem Like A Commodity.

Some People Have Told Me They Remember The Film That One Of My Images Is Derived From, But In Fact I Had No Film In Mind At All.

I Wanted To Create Something That People Could Relate To Without Having Read A Book About It Beforehand.

If I Knew What The Picture Was Going To Be Like I Wouldn’t Make It. It Was Almost Like It Was Made Already – The Challenge Is More About Trying To Make What You Can’t Think Of.

I Like Making Images That From A Distance Seem Kind Of Seductive, Colorful, Luscious And Engaging, And Then You Realize What You're Looking At Is Something Totally Opposite. It Seems Boring To Me To Pursue The Typical Idea Of Beauty, Because That Is The Easiest And The Most Obvious Way To See The World. It's More Challenging To Look At The Other Side.