Like music and poetry, painting has the advantage of being able to refer directly  to the senses – bypassing the intellect.  I would like it if my paintings trigger that  kind of emotional link in you.  If you are amused or saddened, delighted or disgusted,  confused or reassured - then I have done my job.  You have interacted with what I   have placed on the canvas and that is the moment I paint for:  The moment when the   image you see in a painting of mine evokes something in you – and we connect, we communicate.  That is the magic of art.