I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Having trees and a track to run on have become more important to me than living near cool restaurants.
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
I've got to be by trees, otherwise I get claustrophobic.
When I do outdoor scenes, I tend to find a quiet space where I can sit and carve a walking stick that can turn out to be interesting for me.
I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book.
I like to create a nice environment and let people reveal themselves instead of trying to trick them or surprise them with a hidden question.
Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with this idea of opening a restaurant back in Indiana on a little pond. The guests would order their dinner and then take a little boat out with a colored flag on the front of it. When the matching color of the flag on their boat went up on a flag pole, their dinner was ready!
I was raised by my grandparents, and they always made sure that I had a pencil and some paper, whether we were in the car or at a restaurant. While they were enjoying a nice meal, I would be sitting there drawing funny pictures of the waitress.
Nothing is more satisfying to me than sitting in a dank room, hunched over a single flickering candle like Ebenezer Scrooge, and watching my ledgers fill themselves with ink.