I paint experiences from my life because this is what I know best. I am not concerned with adapting my art to satisfy public trends or needs; I am trying to produce art that is honest instead of commercialized and cliche. This autobiographical approach to art making is not self-indulgence because every image explores a universal truth about being human. I'm interested in exploring the place where the intimately personal merges with the universal. Frida Kahlo did this exceptionally well. She painted the specifics of her life that also related to a larger...more
