People always ask me for an artist statement, but there are so many interesting people in the world that I feel like my story isn’t really anything. I think it goes back to my background and not really having any formal education…. Like most artist bios say, “I went here, and I studied here, and now I just paint some hearts on a photo for $50,000.”
That’s cool for them, but I feel like it should be more about the art and less about the artist. For a lot of artists, their personality is the art and their paintings are crap. I get that it comes through in the painting and it’s minimal or academic, and that’s their thing or whatever so no disrespect—but I just want people to see me through my work and not give a crap about where I’m from or what I’ve done. I want them to focus on what I’m trying to say and express through whatever I’m working on at the time.
It shouldn’t matter what celebrity just bought my work, or who commissioned me to do what. Do you like it? No? Then don’t buy it, I don’t care. It’s a really personal thing. I want the art to speak for itself