Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.

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I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time.

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For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?

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There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad range of work I make.

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However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.

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When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.

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When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting.

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I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references.

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It's as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My hand would make the drawing. Then my mouth would transmit it.

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I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that were going on in my life and my history, and the material was the perfect answer for that.

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