image, you’re just like, sculpting it on the panel itself. So you’re trying
to figure [it out] as you go, which is pretty scary, but, it will take longer.
It’s like studying. With a homework sheet, you know when the end
of the page is. But with studying, you don’t know when you’re done
studying.
What do you do about artist’s block? Is there anything you do to
kickstart your imagination?
Oh! You just leave. Do what you like. A lot of people are painting, but
they don’t really like it, so, just do what you like. Hang out, do whatever, and come back and you’ll feel like painting. Sometimes, I have to
paint stuff, and I know I have to paint stuff, but the drive is not there. If
the drive’s not there you’re not gonna do anything. So, it’s likely, if you
don’t fight it, and just, like, go away, come back later.
What’s your favorite mixed drink?
Rum and coke, or probably whiskey, or something. With ice! I don’t
drink that much anymore. I used to go out a lot and drink, because I
stopped making art for a bit, for like, half the year, I don’t know why.
I just drew a lot, like doodles… that’s about it. It was a good pastime.
I think with a clean spirit your work will come out great. And it’s like,
the few vices that you have, they take over, and it does kill some time,
but if you wanna be the best version of you, I would think you just cut
it all out, and focus.
What would you say is the best way to gain publicity?
Hmm… do your best! That’s it. I think the energy is in it. We lose our
instinct, and our instinct is one of our elements that we are born with.
But, with all these devices, electronics, we don’t use our instincts, we
just use… notifications. We use… emojis. We use whatever, but like,
our instinct is something that we are born with, and sometimes you
don’t trust it, you don’t know what to trust anymore. When you have
your instinct you see other people’s work and you can feel their instinct
towards their work, you can be like wow, they really had fun with it.
This work is about them, and it’s really them. You can feel the energy from it, and with your instinct, you’re like, they did a really good
job of capturing whatever they did, and my instinct is liking it. That
means their truthfulness to themselves, their doing their best, got my
attention.
Have you thought about your spirit animal?
I don’t know… it’s cardboard. Cardboard Katy Perry. A cardboard cutout of Katy Perry shooting a three-pointer.
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Right: Flower Finger, (In response to Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, Feburary 20, 2015 - May 24, 2015, Brooklyn Museum), oil on canvas
Below: Retro Lion (Detail), acrylic and ink on wood
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