house commission
I often don't know if a painting I'm working on will turn out more realistic or more abstract---I kinda go with the flow on most of my paintings and whatever happens, happens---but this one was a commission and the reference photo was so specific and detailed and beautiful, I just sorta went more toward the realism this time. Also it was painted on a small, 11x14", canvas, so this had me close-in with my details and resulted in this tight style which isn't ultra-realism but compared to most of my work, does fall closer to realism than any other catagory of style.