Ideas come easily to me, but they usually simmer awhile before becoming artwork. Typically, I begin with an issue (like deteriorating health) and then imagine a clever way to convey information about it. For example in "Kitschen Folk," I picked common food icons -- Betty Crocker, Uncle Ben, Mrs. Butterworth, Chef Boyardi, Aunt Jemima -- to address cancer, heart disease, diebeties, stroke, and obesity.