"Since, I began seriously painting animated characters into my work in 1982, I have always sought to create universal language. A visual language by which all who see it may immediately understand its meaning. For me this is the essence of all POP or "Popular Art". The cartoons, representing human nature are a vehicle that allows me to observe and comment on the social and political implications of our world. The fields through which they move in my work have been flags and almost anything else that I can paint on". Ronnie Cutrone.