I just spent a beautiful two hours with Matt painting on the porch. These are the moments that will flash before my eyes at the end. The painting is titled “Home.” I had this idea of a painting with the places I have lived and Chicago (there was a time when I entertained thoughts of moving there) as a past and future montage celebrating the world that I have known so far and how it is small and wild terrain. I was going to put portraits of people that make up my influences but it seemed less important once I put down the buildings.