“My approach to portraiture is conceptual.” — Amy Sherald

My brother dying changed me. I didn't realize how strong I was until I lost my brother.

I paint paintings of people.

Just because someone said painting is dead doesn't mean that it's a fact or the truth - painting is the soul food of art, in a way.

When people ask me about color in my work, I tend to say that it came from spending a lot of time in Panama.