– Painting is one of several ways for me to express myself creatively. I feel lucky to be able to change mediums and know how to bridge them.

– When the creative journey is interesting and the results are engaging, I’m happy. If someone then buys what I’ve made, that’s frosting on the cake.

– Every medium has its virtues and limitations. Painting was the very first way I expressed my creativity, and it’s been a trusty fallback ever since.

– When I’m able to express ideas or unfiltered emotions, regardless of the creative tool, I often feel euphoric and shed tears of joy.

– Averting creative complacency is hard. I try to integrate honesty, invite serendipity, and embrace the inherent chaos in my creative process.

– Creativity is both a blessing and a curse. I love the drama, the tumult, the sense of achievement. I just don’t always know when to quit or give up.

– Making art that exists in the physical world, like a painting, adds a sense of purpose that I rarely experience in front of a computer screen.