'Monet Goes Surfing' - Paintings by Mike Jines Sr.

My old man, Mike Jines Sr., has always pushed his kids toward thinking differently. "Keep it positive," he always says. Especially in today's economic turbulence, its important to remember simple ideas like this one. A lot of his artwork, whether it be sculpting or painting, shows his mentality about his subject matter as well as his everyday outlook. "I don't want these waves that I am working on to look like pictures. I don't want them to just be another photograph." If you take a quick look at his paintings, you can see that a piece of art can work in all kinds of ways. It doesn't have to be perfect to be right. Sometimes, what people really want to see is a piece that allows them to participate rather than one that only instructs the eye. Whats important to you?