"I paint people because they are fascinating. Each face is made of the same simple components: two eyes, a nose, a mouth...but every face is unique. And pushing through that face is a personality as immensely complicated as the face is deceptively simple. I try to get behind the face and to depict that personality. My goal as an artist is to create works that people can spend years getting to know."
-- Kirk Hays
Kirk Hays is an attorney, but says "I just do that to make ends meet. My real passion is art."