"The 9th of February is a very special day to me for two reasons. First, it is the day my wife and I got married (that was in 2005). We married in Vegas and told no one back home. We were actually on a vacation in southern California and Baja California when we decided to drive to Vegas and marry. We spent one night in the Luxor Pyramid and left the next day.

The second reason why I will always remember February the 9th is that it is the day when I started the project onethousandpaintings.com (in 2006). I will never forget the excitement when the site went online exactly at midnight."