New Paintings

Christmas is a great time of year to put my art skills to good use. I am making several paintings to give people as presents as opposed to spending money I don’t have. The first two pictures are gifts, one is safe to show because I don’t think my father has found this blog (if you have dad, click away now or ruin the surprise!) The second is for my girlfriend’s mom, so it should be safe unless Melissa shows her mom.

The third painting is for myself. I’ve seen it.

For a long time, I thought that every piece of art should be significant and meaningful. Intimidated by this, all my paintings would be abstract expressionist. I also believe that after the first generation of abstract expressionists, that style had served its purpose and was dead. I have finally gotten to the point where I can allow myself to paint figurative images and let them be as random as my normal thought process. I don’t feel like I need to figure out some over-riding symbolic significance to my images. Those might be buried in my sub-conscious anyway.

With no more dilly-dallying, here’s what I’m working on: