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I started making very detailed drawings as a way of objectively improving my work. The subjective nature of art has always made it difficult for me to determine whether my work is progressing. I felt that the only area in which I could measurably improve was in the level of realism, so I focused on the technical side of the artistic process. At first, these drawings were merely exercises in craftsmanship, but I found the process gratifying and well suited to my somewhat obsessive personality. I later came to realize that the appeal of representational painting since the advent of photography is due in a large part to this process. Although the image itself may come to resemble an ordinary photograph, a psychological intensity can be felt in the handmade work, as the artist's laboriously slow method, intense concentration, and myriad of artistic decisions lie behind the creation of the image. In my work, I hope the viewer senses this tension between photography and the handmade -- the instantaneous and the prolonged, the ubiquitous and the unique, the impartial and the personal.
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