Little, Big

TMN:

When does a painting start?

Andrew Masullo:

When I buy the supplies.

TMN:

What’s the longest it’s taken you to complete a painting?

Andrew Masullo:

I’m still working on it.

TMN:

Coffee or tea?

Andrew Masullo:

Water.

TMN:

Light liquor or dark liquor?

Andrew Masullo:

I never acquired a taste for alcohol.

TMN:

Do you ever think of paintings as being open or closed?

Andrew Masullo:

The ones I like are open.

TMN:

Your paintings are numbered. Do you have a favorite number?

Andrew Masullo:

Eleven and 111 and 1,111 and so on.

TMN:

How many paintings do you work on at the same time?

Andrew Masullo:

Twenty or 30 (but none of them know about the others).

TMN:

If not painting, what job could you see yourself doing?

Andrew Masullo:

Countertenor.

TMN:

When do you work?

Andrew Masullo:

When I need repair.

TMN:

Why do you paint?

Andrew Masullo:

Hafta.

TMN:

Do you nap?

Andrew Masullo:

Only when forced to.

TMN:

Where do your color choices come from?

Andrew Masullo:

In meinem Kopf!

TMN:

Are you ever scared while painting?

Andrew Masullo:

No, that’s about the only thing that doesn’t scare me.

TMN:

What is your favorite household appliance?

Andrew Masullo:

Television.

TMN:

If you had to choose one: Uma Thurman or astronomy?

Andrew Masullo:

I’ve never seen an Uma Thurman movie. I have seen the moon.

TMN:

Mondrian or Cézanne?

Andrew Masullo:

Stettheimer.

TMN:

In other painters you admire, what two qualities do you tend to admire most?

Andrew Masullo:

Their humility and their stick-to-it-iveness.

TMN:

Do you have any things you always do while working?

Andrew Masullo:

I always sit on the floor.

TMN:

What does it take to sustain a vision of a career?

Andrew Masullo:

It’s all about the work, not about the career.

TMN:

How do you know when a painting is done?

Andrew Masullo:

The same way you know a conversation is done.

TMN:

Do dreams matter to you?

Andrew Masullo:

Daring to err and dream go hand in hand.