“As I get older, I think more about growing up.
My childhood included some of the happiest times of my life, so I reflect on those and put them onto the canvas — and I think that people who grew up around that same time, in the 1970s and ’80s, can appreciate it.
“My intention is to take people back when they’re looking at a painting.
They’ll say, ‘Oh, I can remember having those kinds of floors,’ or, ‘My dad had that same pickup truck.’ That’s the first thing people say: ‘Now you’re taking me back.’”