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In anything there has to be dark and light. There's a lot of joy in my paintings and a lot of darkness.

By appreciating the darkness when you design the light, you create much more interesting environments that truly enhance our lives.

I'm constantly exposing myself to art and that inspires me.

With whatever talent and resources I have, I'm trying to bring light to penetrate the darkness many people feel.

I think there is a hunger for things that wake you up, something that makes you peel back your eyes, that reminds you that you are alive. Art is at its best when it is in the 'now.'

The darkness is really out there. It's not something that's in my head, just. It's in my work because it's in the world.

Art for me is like breathing.

Art was always for me an escape and a way to relate to the world around me.

I cannot live without art: it excites me, it challenges me, and it leads me to the next thing.

However dark, however demanding the realities of existence are, artists provide the lift, the light, the ways to make it through. They help us find the joys and delights, the hopes we need for our days and hours. I am grateful for their gifts.