“Maybe I don't have the same sense of humor. Maybe people aren't comfortable gauging a painting that way. They think that if it's a painting then it must be serious. I think Picasso can be hilarious, to name one example.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayNamesExamplePaintingSeriousComfortableSense Of Humor Author:Joe Bradley
“I guess I have no motivation to make an abstract painting, even if they sometimes read as abstract. I think, with abstraction, it's easy to fall into a sort of pastiche.” IfsThinkingSometimesMotivationFallEasyPaintingAbstractAbstractionAbstract PaintingPastiche Author:Joe Bradley
“The internet might be a convenience, but it hasn't yet, for me, been a fundamental reordering. These things are supposed to be time-savers, so you have more time standing at your easel if you so choose.” IfsMightInternetStandingFundamentalsSupposed To BeMore TimeConvenience Author:Joe Bradley
“Painting can also be too earnest at times and that's a drag. You don't want to go in that direction either. It should be holistic. It should represent the whole of your personality, I guess, so if somebody is a sincere painter or an ironic painter, then they're just bullshitting the audience and presenting only an idealized version of themselves.” IfsWantShouldWholeAudiencePaintingPersonalityVersionsPainterSincereIronicDragEarnestPresentingHolistic Author:Joe Bradley
“The thing is that the money issue looms so large in art now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with art. If you're painting goes for ten grand or a hundred grand, it doesn't make painting any easier. And it doesn't make the painting any better if it goes for a hundred grand.” IfsArtIssuesPaintingEasierTenHundredAbsolutely Nothing Author:Joe Bradley
“When there's a painting in the room, my eye goes right to it. It's like if you go into a bar and there's a television on, you can't take your eyes off the television. Paintings have that effect on me. It's where my eye settles.” IfsEyeRoomsEffectsTelevisionPaintingBarsSettling Author:Joe Bradley
