April 2022. My wife's portrait. This painting changed my life. Not because it was perfect. It wasn't. But because it reminded me why I'd started painting, thirty years before. Before that painting, I was a graphic designer who had forgotten he was an artist. After that painting, I became myself again. I don't know if my art has improved since then. But I know it's become more true. And truth is the only thing that matters. #art #artstr #painting #isolabellart