Thanks, I appreciate it. But, I feel that art has been saturated with sex, violence, and politics for the last century. It definitely has its place, and I don't fault anyone that has a real desire to do it, but IMHO a lion's share of it is a result of expectations. What's worse, is that exploration of the subtle parts of our nature/condition are so often ironic or lathered in sincere affectation. I mean, to be honest my life hasn't been much defined by violence, and to the extent that it has, I'm not keen on painting it. That's not to say that I am not making an effort to infuse them with something personal. I am. I know the things that I paint, and to the extent that they aren't literal, that's the thing that I am working on. I feel that my latitude there expands a bit with each painting, and that's part of what excites me about starting the next one.