Resume/Info: Abstract Expressionism Is the closest I can come to a name for my style of painting. Explaining what I am trying to accomplish is hard but I'm going to give it a shot. Most ideas or creations are born in the abstract if you are working on a portrait you would start with the abstract shapes, values, color etc. and then slowly pull it all together into what was your (preconceived idea or subject). Okay here is where it gets tricky suppose you start with no preconception but just a feeling an emotion, how do you put a face on that. You draw on all your experience, an elements of composition, color, value, texture etc. and you paint from your heart, now the important thing is not some preconceived idea but the painting itself and the feeling it evokes! We humans have many emotions if you are sad would you paint a picture of someone crying, if your happy would you paint picture of someone smiling. What ever your chosen medium do it from your heart an you can't go wrong be true to yourself!