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MY WORK, OF COURSE, FROM THE CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE, MAY BE CONSIDERED AS NOTHING MORE THAN A COMPLETE IRRELEVANCE - THAT IS FOR OTHERS AND FOR TIME TO DECIDE.

ART IS BUT A WINDOW THROUGH WHICH ONE CAN SEE THE WORLD

I SEEK TO BE AN ARTIST NOT JUST FOR MY OWN TIME BUT ALSO FOR TIMES PAST AND TIMES FUTURE. INDEED, AN ARTIST FOR ALL TIME.FOR ME, THIS IS THE ONLY ACID TEST BY WHICH ONE SHOULD EVALUATE MY WORK. CRITICS MUST ASK - IS MY WORK RELEVANT TODAY, WILL IT BE RELEVANT IN THE FUTURE AND DOES MY WORK CONNECT TO THE PAST? SHOW ME THESE QUALITIES IN AN ARTIST ‘S WORK - AND I WILL SHOW YOU WORK TO WHICH I CAN RELATE.

 I HOPE THAT ALL MY WORK - AT LEAST IN SOME WAY - CAN BE SEEN TO BE CLOSELY ATTUNED TO NATURE, TO MANS SPIRTITUALITY, TO MANS IMPERFECTIONS, TO MANS PERVERSITY, TO MANS INSECURITY, TO ALL THE EXCENTRICITIES OF THE HUMAN CONDITION. I HOPE, TOO, THAT MY WORK CAN BE INTELLECTUALLY VIGOROUS, TO BE REBELLIOUS, TO EXPLORE ALL THERE IS TO MANS PSYCHE, TO MAKE THE VIEWER THINK. I WANT THE VIEWER TO ENJOY THE PIECE-AND I WANT IT TO MOVE THEM EMOTIONALLY IN SOME WAY.

MUCH OF MY ART IS QUITE SIMPLISIC IN ITS ABSTRACT IDEAS. I ONLY HAVE ONE ESSENTIAL RULE WHEN I AM CREATING AN ART WORK AND THAT IS THIS: - ABOVE ALL ELSE - I TRY, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, TO PRODUCE WORK OF A QUALITY. A QUALITY THAT ENABLES A PIECE OF ARTWORK TO DARE TO PRESUME THAT IT CAN HAVE THE SINGULAR AND BOLD AUDACITY TO THINK THAT IT CAN SIT ALONG SIDE THE WORK OF THE GREAT MASTERS FROM HISTORY; WITH THOSE ARTISTS THAT ARE ACCOMPLISHED TODAY, AND, TO BE CONSIDERED A REASONABLE PIECE OF ART - BY THE ARTISTS OF THE FUTURE - ALL OF WHOM -ARE MY CONSTANT INSPIRATION.

MY ART IS ME – I AM MY ART

WITHOUT ART – I AM NOTHING – I AM DEAD

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN MY LIFE - WHEN MY ART HAS SAVED MY LIFE – IT IS THE REASON I EXIST – THAT MAY BE SAD, IT MAY BE SHALLOW AND SELFISH – BUT IT IS STILL A FACT.

SEE MY ART – SEE ME

THE “ART ESTABLISHMENT”? YOU ASK: I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN OR, FOR THAT MATTER - WHAT ANYONE MEANS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE ART ESTABLISHMENT. FOR ME, THESE PEOPLE DO NOT FIGURE ON MY ARTISTIC RADAR. BUT I SAY: SHOW ME A SO CALLED ‘ART EXPERT’ AND I WILL SHOW YOU SOMEONE MAD, BAD AND DANGEROUS TO KNOW – BUT WITHOUT THE LITERARY GENIUS OF MY DEAR FRIEND LORD BYRON.

AM I LONELY? WE ARE ALL ALONE WITH OUR THOUGHTS, SOMETIMES. BUT, MORE RECENTLY, YES, I AM GROWING TIRED OF THIS LIFE OF COMPLETE ISOLATION. – I NEED TO GET OUT MORE - AS THE SAYING GOES

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