Best advice you’ve been given • It's only art.

Goals/Aspirations • To make the best artwork possible for my skills

Favorite artist • I am inspired by many artists but will mention Paul Klee for the broad range of his imagination.

What are you reading • The New York Review of Books, latest issue

Hope to learn how to • Have attentive peace, mindfulness.

You spend a lot of time thinking about • The nature of human existence and the greater world

Favorite musical artist • Bob Dylan and Bach

What do you do when not creating art • Living and breathing