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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.

You see, I am trying in all my stories to get the feeling of the actual life across - not to just depict life - or criticize it - but to actually make it alive. So that when you have read something by me, you actually experience the thing. You can't do this without putting in the bad and the ugly as well as what is beautiful.

Good and bad - this is the story of my life.

I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly.

I look at life, the experiences I've had, at the human condition, the dynamics between people, the news (world news), and draw from the compelling realities all around us.

You look back and you remember the good, the bad and the ugly.

It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.

I really do see the good in people, and I don't want to change that. That's really how I view things, so sometimes I'll look past a lot of huge red flags because I see something else in someone. Then, of course, it always comes back to haunt me in the long run.

I've always been more interested in what happens after the bad thing has happened - the fallout of the bad thing, when people are already damaged. I'm less interested in seeing people when they're fine and following their journey to becoming damaged.

Sometimes people only see horrible, terrible things in my paintings.