Following up on Abstraction

I have been working hard on abstract painting, and have found out a few interesting things:

Breaking Free

30 x 30 inches, oil an gold leaf on canvas. 

Cloudscape

36 x 36 inches, oil and gold leaf on canvas.

Cloudscape II

36 x 48 inches, oil and gold leaf on canvas.  

Origins

8 x 10 inches, oil and gold leaf. 

Jazz Patchwork

30 x 30 inches, oil and gold leaf. 

Moonrise

36 x 48 inches, 
oil and gold leaf, 
gallery wrapped canvas.

• It really is difficult, and more practice yields better paintings, but they take a long time, and occasionally completely flop.  
• Painting abstracts is tremendous fun. It feels very open and creative. Each painting is a question rather than an answer. 
• Openness, curiousity and a willingness to fail are required for this.  The favorite one I have done so far is Cloudscape, 30 x 30 inches, oil on canvas.