Abstract-Expressionist Painting Philosophy

Acrylic on paper, 11″ x 15″ - using only three primary colors to create this painting, I had a lot of fun. Red Ribbon winner.

For more hyper-realism, here is a snowy plover:

I can get a lot of color out of some keyed-down semi-primaries, eh? I kept the background highly impressionistic just to make SURE the viewer understands that they are looking at a painting not a photograph. Some people thought it was a photo anyway…