I sold a painting today to someone who works in a restaurant--it was one of my lost soul paintings and I think a pretty good one of that series. Working in a restaurant is hard work--I did my time in one as have many artists. I sometimes feel bad taking money from a person who isnt rich but If the art moves you enough and makes you happy then I am glad to have a new collector. These paintings (to me) look like they were painted by a crazy person and that is fine. I think it is important to let your hand and heart paint on their own sometimes and to leave the rational mind in the back seat. After you complete the piece then you can look at it from a rational "judging" perspective. You cant paint lost souls in any real or hyper realistic format--that is kitch--that is fantasy cheese and illustration. Lost souls are best glimpsed from the corner of your eye, indirect and in shadow. Some paintings paint themselves--you simply flow with them and others require much noodling--you cannot noodle these L.S. paintings-they are about restraint and have to painted in one sitting and very immediately.