You know, face painting in non-Western cultures is a sign of collectivism, is a sign of one representing the community, it's not unique at all.
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I'm never interested in the painting being a mirror to culture. I think that's really boring. What I'm interested in is painting as an affective space. The place where the hierarchies of the world can be rearranged within the space of a painting. And they can be articulated in different ways.
People say, 'Why don't you just paint with paintbrushes?' I say that I feel more connected to my painting using my skin. It's very tribal in a way - savage!
Painting is a coalescing of experience.
Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.
I'm inspired by different cultures around the world and love to incorporate these facets into my collection.
When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers.
Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask.
You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.
The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different.