Painting a beautiful picture needs to be more than reproducing what I see in a photograph. I find that the soul of a painting, the part that makes you feel something, is best expressed when I paint what I feel about something rather than what I see only with my eyes.

"If you could say it in words, there'd be no reason to paint." - Edward Hopper

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up" - Pablo Picasso