I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.
I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life.
The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.
I want to make paintings that look as if they were made by a child.
Some days I can't get an idea, and I think, 'Man, I'm just washed up,' but it's just a mood.
My basic influence had probably been Peter Max.
