@@IrisAndrassy Thanks! The background colors were inspired by some graffiti I saw while driving through a neighborhood near my home.

Thanks! I've ended up actually selling some of these, so people seemed to really like them in person. Which is good because all these paintings are stacking up in my studio :) Keep working on the art - it gets easier with practice :)

Thanks ❤ what’s your favorite part?

Thank you!

Thank you! Thanks for your continued support.

Thank you!

Thanks so much. I really appreciate the compliment and I’m thrilled you are inspired by my stuff. Thanks again Toga :)

Thank you. Really appreciate your observations and comment.

And I still haven’t decided what to paint on top of it :) too many projects.

Thanks - I’m glad ;)

Thanks!

Thank you! ❤️🙏❤️

Thank you. Yeah this was a total surprise to him and he really appreciated it… may have cried if I remember correctly :)

​@@RLDSTUDIOYou are very welcome!

Thank you... Always liked how this one turned out.

​@@RLDSTUDIOIt is perfect.

No doubt! Totally agree 💯

​@@RLDSTUDIORemember....what came out of you is what they LIKED in the first place! 🎨🖌️ Paint on!

Love the thoughts and insight. Really does help to hear from other creatives. Appreciate it :)

​@@RLDSTUDIO😊Yes...we artists need to stick together! We help each other.

Thank you :)

Thank you very much. I really appreciate the kind words. Glad you like them.

​@@RLDSTUDIOYou are very welcome! I will watch more, I would love to be able to do that in city scape and country settings. Thank you for sharing your gift.

I’m so happy it makes you happy. Thanks for the encouragement to go bigger :)

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you :)

I think this is a great insight. I think it applied to me as well at the time of this video and I didn’t fully realize it. I’ve started challenging myself to do some realistic and surrealistic subject matter and have been really enjoying it. If you are interested I’ve made a bunch of painting videos on realistic subject matter since. Ones that come to mind are a cowboy trinket, several shark teeth paintings, golden scarabs, pearls and butterflies and there are a lot more. I find the more I paint the less concerned I am with perfection. It’s a great relief and now I’m open to playing and exploring with both styles. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks! You know I think that’s a pretty good idea. I bet it will be an interesting challenge to go even larger. Hmmmm. You got me thinking.

Thanks - that’s just where I was mentally at the time. I’m always changing and evolving - appreciate you ❤️🙏

Cool. I will try and make more videos using the palette knife to paint - I really enjoy that.

Merci ❤️🙏

Thank you! 😊 Really appreciate it. I'd love to hear what other videos of mine connect with you.

Thank you so much. The original is currently in a local gallery space with a bunch of my paintings. Still waiting for the right person to come along and snap it up :) Thanks for the kind words and for checking out my videos :)

Awesome. I did a follow up video to this one today if you haven’t seen it already. Thanks for watching :)

Thanks! I just watched your bigger ethereal figures painting... spectacular! I really Love and appreciate you talking through your process... thank you 💜

Cool! Thanks for checking it out and letting me know. Appreciate it :)

Me too lol.... Thanks!

Hey there. First off thanks for watching and sharing. Really appreciate that. I'm super glad my content is resonating with you. It really means a lot and inspires me to make more videos. I have had some success in the last 3 years or so selling work, but it is in no way enough to do full-time. I was in a gallery for a little over a year, but they had to shut down due to lack of sales during covid. Now I show and sell my work in a very large local eclectic antique market. I've had some success selling stuff via instagram as well. Not selling or not having good outlets to sell can be disheartening, but I honestly never really was concerned about selling from the beginning. I do sell and try to sell stuff now, but my main focus is still on just creating and the process in general. It helps me to just keep getting better and I trust the money will come. DM me on instagram and let me know what you have in mind for collabs. I usually don't do them these days, just because I have so many projects going on... but I'm always interested in connecting with other artists... so let's talk :)

Thanks again for the kind words. Glad this stuff is finally connecting with like-minded folks... I'm based in Atlanta :)

Yeah same. I definitely followed his techniques on a lot of these. Thank you :) Do you paint a lot of figures?

Awesome! Folks seem to like the ones I did on why I paint abstract figures and faces :) thanks for stopping by, hope you check out a few and let me know what you think :)

@@RLDSTUDIO I sure will.

All art is an abstraction, it’s an abstraction of reality, time and truth.

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Thank you!

Thanks so much. Really appreciate the comment. Good luck with your painting and don't worry if it takes a while. I still have to practice and push through the ugly paintings to free up and get to the good stuff :)

Thanks. Since I did this video I've started dabbling in realistic art. If you are interested I'd love it if you checked out some of my later videos painting realistic subjects... I've done some birds, bugs, barns, shark teeth and more. I'll be sharing some videos of more surrealism paintings with realism mixed in... soon :)

Thanks - I need to remember my own advice sometimes. Painted figures like these for a live audience for the first time last night and it felt like I was lost at times. Appreciate the comment - glad it connected with you :)

@@RLDSTUDIO it’s time to get back there!!! I was inspired I got back on it after video and painted like a child! Thanks for the motivation!!!

@@MikerMorin Awesome! That makes me so happy to hear.

Thank you! I appreciate it.

Thank you! If you check more out, let me know what other of my videos resonate with you.

Thank you… I love that philosophy. And I feel the same way, I just have to make art… it’s what I do :) I have sooo much video content that I haven’t even edited yet… I work full time but paint at least 3-4 days a week.

Thank you so much - glad you like the art :)

Thank you :) yes - if I understand your question - my approach with color and even the marks I make, totally changes depending on what I’m painting. It can vary depending by style and topic. When painting a realistic subject or fantasy scene verses pure abstract expressionism - the way I work can be very different. The ones in this video were not fully “unplanned” but definitely leaning to that side of the spectrum if that makes sense.