This seems like an impossible thing to write. That's an embarrassing admission to have to make, especially since I'm an ex-writing teacher and someone who's written and published on a few different subjects. Making art is one thing. Writing about it is something entirely different. The art very often comes naturally. Sometimes, when the creative mood is good and I'm moved by the spirit, the pictures just seem to appear, one after the other. Now, as I'm sitting down during one of those sober and analytical moments-the opposite of being moved by any sort of spirit-I need to be able to reflect on what I do when I make my pictures. I'd like to put it all into words, reveal my influences, discuss my art is some sort of context, talk about how I'm self-taught [ ... ]

by a self-taught, emerging artist
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submission date: 27 April, 2002