Sanguinity

Your team is full of a lot of guys that have been overlooked in various jobs, and even you yourself have had moments where you've been doubted. Do you think there's something to having that underdog journey to this point, or being overlooked at times, that can be a superpower in a way? I think everybody—to a certain degree, at some point in life—is overlooked. I have people in my own family who I see more potential in them than, maybe, what the world sees. Just to have the ability to stay with it, stay with it, stay with it, stay with it, especially when you get knocked down—to me, that defines who you are. Even if you don't have quote-unquote ultimate success that you think you deserve, if you get knocked down in life, and you're able to get back up and keep fighting, that's a frickin' win. Most of our guys have probably had to go through that... but I think most people in the world have to go through it. It's fun to be around a group of guys that are resilient like that, because I know it gives me hope, watching these guys. Not just for myself, but for my family, and a couple of my friends, too.

Wayne Thiebaud. (American,1920-20219)

"Daffodil, 1979

Etching and aquatint in colors, on Somerset paper

75.6 x 58.4 cm