Too much of A sense of audience is very dangerous for an artist I often feel. When I'm sending a painting out of the studio, nobody's going to like this. They're going to love that. But they're not going to like this. Sometimes I'm surprised. But I always feel. I can't help it if they don't like it because I'll stand by it because I think it's good. It's who and what I'm about. There is the dialogue between the artist and what he she is making. That is yours. You're in control of it. But you also have to be. Ready to hear? I'm finished. Don't have another drop. Stop, it's tricky. And I think very often one this is the moment. I recently made a beautiful work on paper. I came back to it later that night, sort of tired and I thought now it needs a little green right here. And I worked it.
A picture, in a sense is really a lie of sorts because it is depicting things that it is not in itself. It is a flat surface with four corners and four edges. And it is also telling you this great ambiguity of I am endless trees in miles of space. Challenge yourself. And if you think. I have something in mind, but I think it's nuts. You know, this might be crazy, do it anyway, it's not destructive. The worst is it looks awful, but it might look wonderful and surprise you.