Past Paintings

I felt that some sort of background would be necessary in order to see where I started with my art and how it has matured and progressed into something completely different. I realize that some of these may seem "deep" but I assure you, I didn't put much thought or feeling into any of these. I also am far too lazy to look any actual information up on these, so I'll leave the dimensions up to your imagination. :)
Acrylic
It looks like something that should've been spray painted. I like how loud the colors are, but I must admit, it is cliche. And pretty boring. I'm willing to admit this isn't very good. There's no importance behind it anyway.

Acrylic and Charcoal
An abstraction of my best friend Katie, with a somewhat accurate sketch to contrast next to it. I like it. I built up a heavy piece of watercolor paper with pieces of foamboard and cardstock. It was lots of fun.

Acrylic, charcoal, and oil pastels
This is simply a depiction of physical torture. I don't know what I was getting at. I'm still kind of fond of it, though.

Charcoal and acrylic
I attempted to depict that even when removing the blindfold-- whether literal or not-- from our eyes, we are still blind to what we choose not to be able to see. Ignorance is a choice, in my opinion.

Mixed media
A piece against animal cruelty. It's elementary and not very good, but it holds a place in my heart. I like it.

Oils
These panels are actually not in my possession. I left them at highschool after someone offered to buy them. I don't know why I reacted that way, but I don't regret leaving it. I know I could do much better now if I chose to. This is my very first time messing with oils. Sometimes life has a hold on you, and you can't do anything about it. You're a puppet on strings no matter how much you delude yourself with thoughts of freedom and choice.

Charcoal and pigment sticks
I don't know where I was going with this. I think it may have been because I was feeling suffocated or smothered at the time. It's just a doodle on a wrinkled piece of brown paper I got in a package from someone. Resourceful, right?

Oils
My latest painting, a portrait of two of my mother's friends. I feel like I could probably have done better if I devoted the proper amount of time to something as delicate. (They loved it, she cried.) While portraiture is boring, I think I enjoy it to a degree.