I worked my way through art school as an auto mechanic, doing various stuff including sanding bodywork and using Bondo filler.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think what I do is borderline art. Most people who do borderline art have to have other jobs, so I'm very grateful.
I was really good at manicures, facials and make-up.
When I went to art school, I was just having fun. I realised that was the last chance I had, and then I would have to get a job.
I was inspecting eyeglass lenses for a while. And I worked as a concession girl in a movie theater. And I was ironing before that. I always had some kind of a job. And then I started modeling.
I do everything. Of course, I have 50 people who work for me to do the drudgery of mold making and all the foundry. This is an enormous task. But every stroke in these sculptures is from my hands.
As an undergraduate I held many small jobs as an illustrator.
I was painting sets, working in editorial as an assistant, driving their trucks, lying that I knew how to drive a truck, and doing commercials and documentaries.
I was an art student at the time, like thousands of others.
Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I work real hard at doing.
I've been working in sculpture and painting since 1920.