I used to paint abandoned buildings in Detroit. Not in the buildings — paintings of the decrepit buildings that surrounded me then. Now, as a side-side art outlet, I’ve started to revisit my roots and rediscover the joys of non-cynical, non-artworld, casual painting. As they say, it’s always this year that heralds “the return of painting.”

So, these days, I paint desert landscapes like a real desert freak.