I’ve been thinking about this painting from 2006 a lot lately. I guess it’s the painting I hold all of my others up to. I’m a self-taught artist. I made this when I was learning a lot but didn’t know too much; when I was primarily focused on doing what I could do well. This is the painting that has continued to satisfy me over the years: the one that combined idea, image and other 2D aspects of painting in a way that has kept me thinking about it.

Patriotic Painting, 2006, mixed media on canvas, 40”x30”