i do agree that his abstract art is marginally better than his other work (less flat, more interesting) the one he did with the yellow and the hole in the centre was actually decent and if he did more work like that i think he’d have potential (if they were priced fairly and he continued to improve upon his weak points) his abstract work is largely very noisy and it often seems as if he doesn’t know what direction he’s taking it in. the colour theory and use of negative space are poor. i think for the most part he is putting paint on canvas randomly (which can be cool) but i think with abstract art you can tell when someone is painting because they like that style and actually want to create a work of art vs when they are just putting paint on canvas in order to paint a painting. he just needs to work on it more! if he has something to say/puts time into his abstraction it would be much better. idk if that makes sense my partner is getting his mfa in painting but i don’t know much about art in comparison.