What stood out as something many studios and artists had in common?
What I found to be common factors between artists are several things. I found that in at least this group of particular artists, they are successful because they work incessantly. Several work seven days a week. They all seem to have very set schedules and daily routines that they diligently keep to. As Eric Fischl says about his daily routine, My discipline is that I try to work on a regular basis rather than in spurts. I certainly don’t wait around for inspiration! And Ross Bleckner: I am happiest and most psychologically balanced when my days follow the exact same pattern day after day after day. There is no idea that I have ever had that comes to me outside of the process of work. So therefore, the few months in a row I am working seven days a week and if I am having a show or not is irrelevant I guess the operative metaphor for me is that I am a scientist in a lab, on the verge of discovering something. Or I am just a hound dog sniffing around trying to catch the scent. But in ord