Color is a big part of his work. This is connected to his fun loving spirt that can be seen in the goofiness of his titles and in the construction of his works. His children and wife are huge motivators behind his process. He confesses to having anxieties surrounding not spending enough time in the studio, and guilty when separating his art and his kids so he brings them together. Through conversations with his wife was he able to find his ground breaking idea of painting cars onto car cover that were then place on a car and photographed. Art. Spencer advises to hold on to the old stuff you hate because when you reflect back inspiration if found through retrospection of your past self.
The youthfulness seen within Spencer’s work, process, and presentation of his art is due to his mindset of the art making world. The pressure to make and produce art has a direct connection to selling and making money off the work. Through his job as a professor, Spencer has found the ability to make work in a way that he can present to the public freely. Spencer describes being a teacher has turned him into a lifelong learner and a sharp comedian.