Some People Have Told Me

Every Time You Have To Come Up With A New Body Of Work For A New Show, You're Aware That People Are Just Ready To Rip You Apart, They're Just Waiting For You To Fall Or Make The Slightest Trip Up.

Nowadays, With Digital Printing, It's So Easy To Make Everything Perfect, Which Is Not Always A Good Idea. Sometimes The Mistakes Are Really What Make A Piece.

Believing In One’s Own Art Becomes Harder And Harder When The Public Response Grows Fonder.

So Many Things Suddenly Made Sense For The Clowns, For The Whole Idea. I’d Been Going Through A Struggle, Particularly After 9/11; I Couldn’t Figure Out What I Wanted To Say. I Still Wanted The Work To Be The Same Kind Of Mixture – Intense, With A Nasty Side Or An Ugly Side, But Also With A Real Pathos About The Characters – And Clowns Have An Underlying Sense Of Sadness While They’re Trying To Cheer People Up. Clowns Are Sad, But They’re Also Psychotically, Hysterically Happy.

[my Work Is] Maybe About Me Maybe Not Wanting To Be Me And Wanting To Be All These Other Characters. Or At Least Try Them On.