Painting has the ability to communicate something about the sitter that gets to his essence. — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Painting has this ability to send the viewer [backward], but it's also this physical object in the room with you. It's always knocking you back into the present moment, which I find very pleasurable. — Joe Bradley Copy Share Image
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