If desperate times call for desperate measures then surely the opposite applies. Glorious times call for glorious measures. Why wallow in misery when you can take a chance on something new? You may well discover that you have talents that can unlock a whole new world....
Once upon a time there was a painting, unlike any other painting before it. It took itself very seriously, perhaps a little too much so, which also made it shy and reserved. Once upon a time there was a painting that didn't want to be seen...
The fact that opposites attract is based on the terrible assumption that the grass is always greener on the other side. That’s the full expression. So, to put you in the picture: you’re sitting on the river’s edge. You look across the water only to...
When life gives you lemonade don't be fooled by its sweetness, it's just a front. Rather, go back to source and find the lemons. Lemons may not be as sweet, but at least they're healthy and honest. But that's life, not visual composition. Making art is like...
Art and writing are such good friends, and such bad enemies, that it’s almost too much of a risk to write anything in the frame after what Basquiat and Cy Twombly gave us. The challenge is to keep one’s cool and not to write banal...
What’s with that shirt Charlie Brown wears every day of his comic life? A yellow shirt is bad enough, but around his stomach it has a zig zag that makes him look even more chubby than he really is. Isn't it a fact that fat...
Creating a picture is not like landscaping a garden. Unless you're painting a picture of a garden. The imagination can compensate for all sorts of shortfalls in real life. I guess, that's why making pictures is good therapy. Would an artist with no garden, who badly...
My new work is about the right to dream and the right to imagine. Charlie Brown wears a heart on the outside, and Snoopy understands the internal workings of it. Our friends should know the difference between when we are dreaming and when we are...
Once upon a time I was a party animal. Well more of a lapdog than a wolf. I sort of fell apart when the party peaked, but I was party animal nevertheless. Then my conscience got the better of me when I saw my buddies...
On the outside looking in is not a place I always want to be. I sometimes want to be on the inside looking out. But where is the inside and who decides? It's not as though the gallery always has windows onto the real world....