Various Abstract Paintings

In the past, I struggled with creating abstract paintings because I seemed to be so grounded in the reality of everyday life. However, after the 2016 election, I found that it was practically impossible to paint using the realism style of which I was so accustomed to doing.

I begin to realize that this spark of abstract thinking was my mind trying to escape the reality of the world around me. Everything seemed so chaotic, nothing made sense, and all order and logic seemed to vanish. Instead of giving up the desire to create art, I decided to embrace all the of chaos flooding my mind and hoped that within the chaos, order would begin to take form.