I start listening to something, or I'm seeing somebody a lot or seeing their art. And then I just really want to make a picture of them.

A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings, the brushstrokes - more than describing somebody. People latch on to the personalities when they talk about my work and forget the other parts.

No one is famous when they wake up in the morning, so it's nice seeing people in moments when they're just being themselves.

The faces people make when they are photographed and the face they have when you draw them are very different.

I don't rise to the occasion unless I'm really moved.

If art is any good, it has so much of a longer trajectory than one night. Contemporary art is separate from art openings. In the end, it depends on the strength of ideas in each piece.