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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.

Faces are the ledgers of our experience.

I'm very inspired by other cultures and very often use what I perceive to be exotic ingredients.

I appear to be drawn to iconic characters and what they reflect back to our cultures.

The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different.

I like to do designs on the side of my face, or cut out foil stickers from the crafts store and put them on my forehead.

I have always been attracted to faces that are different.

There is one universal truth: All women, all over the world, want to look beautiful. That is always the theme of my designs.

What I'm trying to do is make photographs that are universally understood... that cross cultural lines. I want my photographs to be about the basic emotions and feelings that we all experience.

I have the utmost admiration for makeup artists. It's truly magical what they can accomplish with their materials. The face and the body are really their canvas.