This Guy (or girl)

So I apologize that I cannot tell you who made these paintings, but I really did try to find someone in the restaurant that knew who it was. They were not signed and no one had a clue so I can only give you the pics.

That said, I really do think they are great. They have a Matisse-like quality to them with very broad area of fairly flat color, mostly representational but a little bit abstracted from reality. Not quite to a deibencorn extent, but they lack a deep space while still creating a very interesting and interactive composition. The Abstract piece has a very Jean Debuffet aesthetic with the interlocking, very busy composition. . I love the dark background that peaks through the tiny openings between the pieces and provides a stage or plane for the pieces to sit. Without that, I think the piece would seem frantic and a bit unnerving. The violin player piece is interesting. It has a brevity to the stroke and a lackadaisical approach, somewhat extending the "practice" idea from the subject itself.  Anyways, this is super brief, but the world is ending tomorrow and work is almost over, just really wanted to throw these pieces up cuz I was really struck by them...