Some people have style without even knowing it!
I never thought that I would support myself with art - everyone in the Group of Seven had day jobs. I became a geography teacher so that I could get free field trips into the wilderness to paint.
I can't conceive of anything being more varied and rich and handsome than the planet Earth. And its crowning beauty is the natural world. I want to soak it up, to understand it as well as I can, and to absorb it. And then I'd like to put it together and express it in my paintings. This is the way I want to dedicate my work.
To me the most important thing in a piece of art is the thought. Technique is totally secondary.
You begin paying more attention to what you're seeing when you know the names. . . If you don't know the names of plant and animal species that share your neighbourhood, you don't care about them and can't protect biodiversity.
It doesn't take more skill to paint hundreds of strokes rather than one right stroke but it takes more patience.
I've never thought sitting around worrying helps anything, except to help shorten your life.
I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.
Proper turkey preparation is critical. According to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, more Americans die every year from eating improperly cooked turkey than were killed in the entire Peloponnesian War. This is because turkey can contain salmonella, which are tiny bacteria that, if they get in your bloodstream, develop into full-grown salmon, which could come leaping out of your mouth during an important business presentation.
Never say an unkind word to anyone.
I'm so grateful that God allowed me to go through that because it's made me.