When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.

Quote by Jim Hodges

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I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological,...

I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological,...

I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a...

I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a...

I'm an average person.

I'm an average person.

Landscape is a piece that is emotional and psychological.

Landscape is a piece that is emotional and psychological.

As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me.

As a viewer, my own work elicits strong emotional reaction from me.

I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things.

I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things.

My latest works are these things with light bulbs.

My latest works are these things with light bulbs.

It's as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My...

It's as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My...

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am...

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am...

I think that some works are more accessible than others.

I think that some works are more accessible than others.

I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that...

I was feeling a strong need to change, grow, and break with particular things that...

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me.

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me.

There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad...

There is a broad range of reaction to the work, as there is a broad...

I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up...

I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up...

Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.

Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.

But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion.

But most people don't come up to me and express a lot of emotion.

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.

Often, I work out of my work. One work takes me to the next thing.

However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions...

However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions...

Color is an intense experience on its own.

Color is an intense experience on its own.

When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand...

When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand...