I’m generally not a favorite type of artist according to most galleries. The reason is that my work does not seem to “fit” into any specific sort of genre, or even specific style. What they don’t understand is that I would gladly supply a gallery with any sort of genre they prefer, as long as that’s what they would like me to do. I love painting, and it doesn’t make much difference to me what style, or what subject I’m painting.

Whenever I feel the need to work outside my realistic, comfort zone, I just do that, attempting to emulate whatever “style” I have chosen as my goal for that specific painting. It seems that often when I do that, I experience a bit of success, with either awards, or sales.

And, I enjoy painting “outside my box”.

This is one that I painted with a palette knife, on a RayMar acrylic-primed canvas panel, that I call, “Vie Nocturne”. It is a rather impressionistic version of “Night Life” in some “European setting”.

I just had a ball doing this, I don’t really care much if it “fits” into my specific realistic “niche”, or not.:lol: As I recall, I only used about 3 colors for this painting, and offhand, I don’t remember what they were. Probably Ivory Black, Burnt Umber, and Yellow Ocher, plus White, of course. The remaining color would be Orange that I used for the lit cigarette in the lower, right.