Thoughtful conversations with the people of Maine

I believe that people want to feel that they matter. That that is really one of the fundamental pillars of happiness and joy and life.

I was painting this the first day I got my COVID shot and I came home from getting my vaccination, and I was so overcome with joy that I said, I need a pink stripe in that painting.

I am not interested in painting from somebody else's photos or from a dead mackerel in a fish store that somebody's going to eat. I think I need to see them and ideally put my hands on them somehow or exist with them.