I considered myself a painter, at one time. One painting is even referenced in a book available at the Louvre in Paris.
Eventually, after exploring sculpture, I just decided the medium no longer held enough interest for me.
As an artist, I let myself switch media and style depending on a particular concept for the body of work I was exploring at the time.
Essentially, working with one media became uninteresting, or irrelevant to me.
Here are some old pieces, anyway. Maybe they are of interest to someone else.