About the Artist: Abstract Expressionism: Original Hello, I am a nearly 80-year-old retired grandfather. I have been doing art all my life. I began painting in the late 1950s and I have sold many pieces art. I recently started selling again painting mostly abstract/Expressionistic paintings. Painting brings me peace and is very calming to me. I enjoy it! Growing up in the Midwest, I was drawn from an early age to art. It spoke to me, an opportunity to lay my soul bare and to let the whole world know just what I was...more