The thing is, when you paint somebody in all of their colors, they're never all bad or all good. Even the worst person has humanity in there somewhere.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People do bad things, but that doesn't mean they don't have other colors or qualities.
I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.
There are people who don't respond to color. That's what painting is. It's color.
Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every 'world' I've been in, most people I've meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is a source of compassion and honesty.
Every good painter paints what he is.
Sometimes people only see horrible, terrible things in my paintings.
People do evil things because they are evil. Some people are evil in the way that some things are coloured indigo. They commit their evil deeds not to achieve some goal, but just because of the sort of people they are.
Nobody's all good or bad, and nobody's all light or dark. Every human being has so many different aspects and facets to them. And there can be something noble and something really dark and dangerous going on in a person all at the same time.
I paint according to the moment and the theme. I don't have any prejudice. Life concerns me.
It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots.
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