The things that I paint are things that I know very well. Jamie Wyeth paintthing Change image and share on social
Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father. Jamie Wyeth fathergrandfatherinfluence Change image and share on social
I never knew my grandfather. He died the year before I was born. But as a child, he did, of course, those wonderful illustrations, 'Treasure Island,' and whatnot. Jamie Wyeth bearchilddie Change image and share on social
We lived in my father's studio, so there were the brushes and the pencils and the paint. So it would - it was very natural for me to want to paint, I think, and it was never a question. Jamie Wyeth brushfatherlive Change image and share on social
I have continued to paint; my father - who was savaged by the critics - continued to paint until practically the last week of his life. Jamie Wyeth continuecriticfather Change image and share on social
To me, this was an oxymoron, doing a painting of a dancer. Dancers are always moving. Jamie Wyeth dancermoveoxymoron Change image and share on social
Art was a way of life in my family. My grandfather, N.C. Wyeth, who died a year before I was born, had been a prominent painter. So was my father, Andrew. My two aunts and two of my uncles also earned a living as painters. Jamie Wyeth andrewartaunt share on social
I'm a very boring person, and all I do is want to paint and to record what I feel moves me or what interests me, and that can be in the form of a pig or in the form of President Kennedy. Jamie Wyeth borefeelform Change image and share on social
All my problems and anxieties certainly come out of my work, and that's the way it should be. Other than that, relationships with people I find very, very simple. Jamie Wyeth anxietyfindpeople Change image and share on social
Growing up in Chadds Ford, Pa., I shuttled between studio space in my parents' house and my grandfather's studio just up the hill. It was a solitary childhood, but I loved it. Jamie Wyeth chaddschildhoodford Change image and share on social