Painted in a garage. On purpose.
Meet Robert — and the system behind Loose on Purpose.
This isn't a "real" studio. That's the point.
No natural light setup, no pristine flat-lays — just a garage, a folding table, and a rack of half-organized paint. It stays this way on purpose. Polish isn't the goal here. The work is.
Why "Loose on Purpose"
Watercolor was Robert's first medium, starting back in '99-2000
Spent years overworking paintings, chasing "finished" instead of understanding why something worked
Hit a plateau, couldn't diagnose what was wrong — same thing most beginners and stuck intermediate artists deal with
Found that loosening up isn't a style choice, it's a skill built on fundamentals — not something you fake by being messy on purpose
Built a repeatable system instead of chasing one more tutorial: Construct → Deconstruct → Understand Why → Speed → Loosen
Looseness isn't the absence of control. It's what's left after you don't need the control anymore.
For what it's worth
In 2012 I was hand-picked as the official artist of the Kentucky Derby, with work on tickets, programs, and posters. I've also done ongoing commission work for Carnival Cruise Lines. Not why I do this, but hopefully it tells you I'm not just winging it.
Hand-selected as the official artist of the 2012 Kentucky Derby — artwork featured on tickets, programs, and posters
Ongoing commission work for Carnival Cruise Lines
If any of this sounds familiar...
You overwork every painting and don't know when to stop
You jump straight to hard subjects and get frustrated when they don't work
You're technically solid but every piece looks the same — safe, careful, stiff
Painting stopped feeling like play
That was me too. The system below is what fixed it.
Rejects are our friends.
Bad paintings aren't failures, they're data. A "reject" done while genuinely stretching is worth more than another safe, pretty piece. This is why the process matters more than any single finished painting — here or anywhere else on the site.
Curious how the system works?
See the Path → Start Here
Watch The Art Chart →
