My interest in art must have started with my Catholic upbringing. Art was everywhere: churches with its paintings, sculptures, stained glass, textiles, and fine metalwork.

You know you're in a bad movie when the Catholic clergy is being played by Jews.

As a kid, I used to go to the library and take out all the art books.

Drawings, paintings, and sculptures. That's the three pillars of art academia.

What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing.

I've always done a lot of different things - quilts and making dolls and stained glass - but this has been the most rewarding.