Titles are completely overrated

I'm super obsessed with the characters I'm painting now...they have personalities and stories and history and and and...they have whole lives! I feel like I didn't invent them so much as I stumbled upon them and have been gifted with the task of telling their story. It's a different feeling for me with painting but it's really cool and it's really exciting. I'm having a "big reveal" in January so I can't say much now other than...I'm in love.

Don't get me wrong, I love my old paintings too, it's just...I'm happier now, you know? My imagination wanders to brighter places these days.
Of course, I will always keep the paintings that helped me through the darkest times close to my heart. (I feel like "Never Say Goodbye" by Bon Jovi should be playing right now...and I totally aged myself with that statement)

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