Jimmy Kelly Paintings

This is a video I made of me working on a painting based on a photo reference and some small thumbnail sketches. As you can see I just work very intuitively and in a reactionary manner to what is happening on the canvas. This affords me great freedom and can lead me down avenues I won't have anticipated. On the downside it can also give rise to inconsistencies in style, with a lot of my paintings appearing different than their predecessors. This doesn't bother me, but it might bother galleries or collectors who seek a continuity and an identifiable marketable strain in the work. But this is an ongoing dielemma which will never be fully resolved.