It's what I say (heather put it well)
I don't say things to please others, I don't try to upset them, I merely have things to say, some may like it some may not.
I don't go around saying nice things just to make others happy and like me and at the same time be unhappy myself. You may do this on rare occasion but to do it all the time... whats the point.
No. I paint because I feel something, I can't feel something for another and pretend to understand them, I have enough problems trying to understand myself. So I paint and being a human my work will resonate with another human someplace as we are not all that different and as a result they can enjoy my work.
I feel essentially that I create artwork out of an excitement with the subject, an interest, a need to explore. That's essentially why most people do anything (with a few exceptions), one can always plaster supposed noble reasons for doing a work but I believe that's largely marketing and pretending that one did not do it primarily for oneself, or if not for one self then I did it as a means to communicate an idea that's in my head.
