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By means of tracing-paper I transfer my design to the wood and draw on that.

I model irregular clothing.

I've done a bit of teaching, but I gave it up - I felt uneasy teaching illustration to people who hadn't yet learned to draw.

Modelling wasn't a passion of mine, so that made it get old kind of quickly. I was getting very frustrated.

And I usually use myself as a model, posing in front of a mirror as I dab the strokes on the canvas.

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.

Tutoring follows the lucrative philosophy of advertising: if you can manufacture a need, people with disposable resources will find ways to fill it.

I've learned to create a palette, a vocabulary of ways to take pictures.

We made drawings the size of a whole quarter of a room ceiling, which we would then send on to the model makers. I did this every day for two years. Even now I can draw cartouches with my eyes closed.