Years ago, I had this idea that I wanted to make a painting about excess. I am not a big Rolling Stones fan, but one song, Shattered, came up when I was listening to iTunes. That ending part where Jagger sings, “Pile it up/Pile it high on the platter!” stuck in my head. It was like… (read more)
Steve Locke: I have been following your work since we met at Skowhegan 2009 (and I’m lucky enough to have one of your works on paper). I have always felt an affinity for your work not just because of the subject, but because of the qualities of the paintings themselves. You have a way of… (read more)
I finished a painting today. I had been painting on it for a while. At least 8 years, I think. I don’t mean I was painting on it every day for 8 years. I mean from time to time, over that stretch of time, I would take up the picture and try to get it… (read more)
I’m standing in the Mario Testino; IN YOUR FACE show at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and I hear three ladies a little older than me (I’m 49) talking about how upset they are about the way that a doberman is represented in a large photo of Gisele Bündchen’s husband. They thought someone must have… (read more)