Acrylic paint is the modern version of oil paint. It can be applied to many more surfaces, and dries faster. For this reason it is more suited to contemporary forms of art.
Compare the difference with more « classic » paintings in this gallery with vivid colors, less color gradients, sharper borders, solid tints.
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. Margot Fonteyn
