What really appeals to me is being there with your feet in the mud, or the bugs after you, or looking over your shoulder to make sure you're okay.

It becomes a three way conversation between me, the painting, and the viewer.

I have never yet painted a location that something unique didn't happen. This is Spain.

It's the difference between standing with a glass between you and whatever is going on in the world and being right out in it on the other side of the glass where the action is happening.

There's four feet of mud on our first floor. There is no backyard anymore.

Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.