What are the pros and cons of an obsessive approach I don’t know both sides, I only know my side. I don’t choose to be obsessive, it’s just part of my personality make up. With art, you just need to follow your hands. You do what they tell you to do. If they tell you to work more, you do. If they tell you to make it messy, you do. If I did it any other way, it wouldn’t be my work
What do abandoned places and silent spaces mean to you It gives me a bit of solitude in busy cities. I’ve always enjoyed the juxtaposition of silence in the city. If you’re out in the country and you come across silence, you don’t really think about it because that it it’s natural setting. It’s supposed to be like that. In the city though, when things become silent, you really focus on it because it’s such an juxtaposition to the status quo. You enjoy it more than you would normally, or at least you pay attention to it. For me, I just need to get away and find those places where I am alone. I’ve always
been solitary in many ways, and if I am around too many people, or if there is too much stimulation I go a bit crazy. It’s the reason why I am never completely comfortable at art openings. I need to get away and when I find those pockets of silence in big cities, it’s like a refueling station. It helps me gain energy.
How do you infuse that sense of the haunting into your urban pieces I don’t. I just paint what I feel. I don’t try to inject any feeling, or idea into my pieces. I just paint. Its only after you’re done, and you look back on what you made can you see patterns or common ideas. I think that if you’re a happy person, you generally make happy art. If you’re a depressed person, you generally make depressed art. For me, I tend to be a reflective person, so I make reflective work. It’s not that you’re trying to make art a certain way, but the work you make is an extension of your personality and because of that the work I make reflects how I feel.