Don't ask why I like to paint--I don' t know. I just do. I've pretty much decided that when I grow up, that' s what I'm going to be. A painter. Unlike Michealangelo, I like to do it standing up. Or sitting down. None of this on my back, looking at the ceiling stuff, thank you very much.
I paint in watercolor, and watercolor with other media, such as watercolor crayons and colored pencils. Whatever it takes to do a good painting.
Landscapes and architectural scenes are what interest me most, but I enjoy figure and still life painting as well. No florals, please!
CI'e been painting for about nine years. Thankfully, my interests and personal approach are continually evolving and maturing. I think that's good--the exciting part of life is change--at least constructive change.
For you other painters, who may be interested, I'd evaluate my approach to painting as somewhere between representational and semi-abstract, with emphasis on design and color. I' not a deliberate value painter.
Content-wise, I vary between emphasis on idea, and emphasis on form. I paint both trasnparently and opaquely.
I'm much more interested in conveying emotion or mood, than I am with realisim. I guess that makes me more a conceptual painter than a perceptual one.
For you non painters, you can simply look around, and see if there' s anything you like. I hope there is.
