I view anything on this farm as model. I actually painted Union Rags as a yearling.

I began drawing when I was nearly 3, and after finishing the sixth grade, I left school to paint and was tutored at home. My father didn't think a formal education was necessary for a painter.

I thought to live on an island was like living on a boat. Islands intrigue me. You can see the perimeters of your world. It's a microcosm.

Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father.

My aunt Caroline was really a character. She lived and worked in my grandfather's old house and even wore some of his clothes.

To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving.