And Oil Painting Adventures

I spend a lot of time studing great paintings and the artists who create them. For years I've been curious about the mystery of genius. Searching for that secret quality of "genius", both within myself and in others. Wanting to know what is it exactly? Why do some have it and others don't? And are people just born with it, or what? And how does one develop genius for one's self? This is the general vein my inner questions take. And in speaking of genius...I am posting two of Chris Schnabel's works here because I had the opportunity of watching his genius grow. [...]