Painting is dead. Painting is next. Painting is hot.
No matter where the form sits in the current art world—in style, passé, the next big thing—painting has always been the creative love of my life. I did it before commercial art, before writing, before first grade.

I’m grateful for my commercial career. I’ve had a lot of good times, and those jobs have helped me buy a lot of supplies. But I’ll keep making art until I can’t hold a brush or tube of paint. Maybe longer.