"Painting abstractly can be harder than painting recognizable objects. With still life, I have objects to look at, place where I like and refer to continuously.
Abstraction has to come from inside your head; it's much more cerebral."

"The paintings very often will lead me. Sometimes I have to push them; it's like the Muse on my shoulder falls asleep. But the problem-solving makes you more aware of what you're doing - it keeps the art from becoming formula."