I know that my image and my clothing and my output are very colorful and can be arresting and startling in some respects. That is the nature of my work, but I am a simple farm boy, and I am very calm by nature.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
On bad days, I like to wear something colourful so I strike attention. That's how I appear confident to others - and how I get confident.
There's so much more to me as a human being than just my appearance, and I want to integrate that into my work.
People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
I'm learning to be braver with colorful clothes, even if they're a little wild.
I don't think I'm an artist or that I'm doing anything superintellectual. What's important to me is to get a visceral reaction from people, for them to want that coat because they think it's beautiful.
Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic.
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
When a moment in front of me appears to be particularly special, whether it be by beauty or experience, I capture it. I usually find a reason to justify taking that photo - symmetry, or color, or contrast - and it's my hope that my photography sheds light onto what I see and do on a daily basis.
I'm just showing my personality in my clothing.
In my work, as a writer, I only photograph, in words, what I see.