I’d Never…

Famous Last Words of a Growing Artist

Be careful what you say you’ll never do… because the universe is petty and loves a good irony.

I once swore I’d only work in pencil. Black-and-white. Realism or bust.

Color? Too chaotic.

Oil paint? Too slow.

Landscapes? Snooze fest.

Abstract art? That’s just what people do when they can’t draw, right? (Insert dramatic eye roll here.)

Then I found Patrick Nagel’s work… clean lines, bold color, graphic punch… and I was hooked. That led to poster design, which led to airbrushing, which led to color… and … wait for it … to oil painting (thanks to Henry Asencio, the oil paint whisperer himself).

I said I’d never be a horse painter. Then my wife asked for one. Just one. I said fine. Now I have a full-on equestrian series… including some (gasp) landscapes in the backgrounds.

And abstract art?

Yeah, I do that now too. I’ve started a series called: Deconstructive Representationalism… where chaos kisses clarity, and realism emerges from the wreckage.

Moral of the story?

People change. Passions evolve.

What you “never” will do might be the thing that sets your soul on fire.

So go ahead… try the thing you swore you would never do. Fail. Get weird.

Love life. Find life. And maybe… just maybe… paint a horse in a landscape while whispering an apology to your younger self.

What are you doing these days that you swore you never would?