Thanks, Martin. I have always tried to layer the meaning in my work, because the short “3 second” take that so much contemporary art aims for leaves me very unsatisfied as an artist. The things I want to express are usually complex, so the work reflects that. Also, unlike many contemporary artists, as I’m working I don’t imagine my work hanging in a museum space, but in a home, where the collector views it everyday. It should intrigue and beguile for twenty years or more.
As for being prolific… you make this stuff for over thirty years and it builds up!

At the time the critic said that I don’t think any of us thought we were middle-aged yet, though we were. It really stung!

Yeah, the Drawing Group was a very important period for all involved. John had said something to the effect, “If you don’t have a theory about your art, someone will make one for you.” We discussed the issues around our work enough to form our own theories, and it has been very helpful in talking about my work ever since.
Perhaps we are forming a virtual version of this kind of group on OM. We’ll see where it leads. As it is, we have discussions with people we’ve never met, but feel a bond with. And the discussions are generally much more substantial fare than you’ll find on facebook.