Sometimes I will portray the more normal-looking people as the monsters and then the more distorted – “uniquely formed” is the word I like to use, rather than monstrous – as the sympathetic characters in the painting. It’s interesting because some people will get it right away, but a common reaction is to be a little off-put by it. And that is the whole idea. If it grabs somebody in a negative way, that’s my intention.
