Styles Change

  I've been flipping through my digital portfolio the past few days. I sometimes forget how much my style has changed over these past years. I remember thinking that when I painted this:

"The Eyes of Age"

that I would never paint anything better.  Then I painted this:

"Karen"

and I thought that I had moved the bar up. I think this is a prime example of my style at this point in my career. There are some people, quite a few actually, that think this is the summit:

"Art's Grandpa"

  I enjoyed these paintings and still return to this style from time to time. I've headed more to the abstract as of late, blurring the line between realism and abstraction:

"Soulful"

  This one is good. I really like it a lot. I've decided that, in my opinion, this is the one that seems to be the best example of what I'm looking to create lately:

 

"Faraway Eyes"

 It's not really abstract, or realistic, and it's got elements of painting and drawing in it. It's what sets my art apart from the rest of the world. It's what keeps my art from being pigeon holed. I suspect it also keeps my art from being sold in the main stream. I suppose that would really annoy me if I was more concerned with money than creating spectacular artwork.