What you see is what you see

I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world, but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you.

I want to make exalted art. A successful image has pictorial lift. I am looking for whatever is up there

But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live.

Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.

I like real art. It's difficult to define 'real' but it is the best word for describing what I like to get out of art and what the best art has. It has the ability to convince you that it's present - that it's there. You could say it's authentic... but real is actually a better word, broad as it may be.

You see what you know!