Artists make things so much easier for themselves when they learn to trust their eyes..

Leaving some areas less finished in a painting, or more out of focus than others, allows the imagination to finish them and gives more importance to ….

Nothing is more beautiful than a line that brings out a form..

Most beginners are too anxious for results. Real progress takes place over a long period of time..

A painting has its own existence and reality, and I make changes freely to meet the painting's needs. This sometimes takes me in another direction..

Sometimes working on one painting will help solve a problem in another painting..

I always work directly from life, partly because I really enjoy having an interaction with the person in front of me but also because I love having a….

You have to evolve as an artist, and this is really a lifelong process..

Everything in painting is about relationship, so I judge each area by its relationship to the surrounding areas..

Cats sleep in a state of total abandon, and I find that state very interesting in people as well..

I usually start by doing one or more color studies of the subject on a piece of canvas taped to cardboard..