"Garage-ism is an approach to painting in which the aim is to make works that look like they could have emerged from a garage; works that appear to have lived and spent time behind boxes and stacks of old furniture. It's not faux garage, it's not about sticking cobwebs or dust onto canvas, and it's not about nostalgia. It's about working in a mental space where the desired destination for your efforts is neither the trash heap nor the museum. ..."--Page 9.