Acoustic Paintings, from fingerstylist D. R. Auten features a dazzling instrumental blend of styles that will attract guitar fans from classical to rock. Over the ten cuts on the CD, Auten switches effortlessly from Mach-speed Travis picking to single-line chicken pickin' -- showing he can tear it up with the best of them. From adrenaline-pumped breakdowns to bittersweet tone poems, from sly, country-fied ambles to high-concept epics employing otherworldly "special effects" (with nothing but his hands and guitar, he variously evokes a cat's meow, Scottish bagpipes, a swamp frog's ribbit, a locomotive's rhythmic chuff and lonely whistle, a bass guitar, or a spider's crawl). Auten's solo compositions truly have the depth, breadth and texture of Acoustic Paintings.
| 1 | Run Away Train Instrumental Guitar | 3:45 |
| 2 | Funky Frog Instrumental Guitar | 2:46 |
| 3 | There's No Turning Back Instrumental Guitar | 5:37 |
| 4 | The Spider Instrumental Guitar | 2:46 |
| 5 | Angela Instrumental Guitar | 3:50 |
| 6 | Donnie Brook Farm Instrumental Guitar | 3:42 |
| 7 | If I Only Had Wings Instrumental Guitar | 4:34 |
| 8 | Lickety Split Instrumental Guitar | 2:32 |
| 9 | Zoot Suit Instrumental Guitar | 2:34 |
| 10 | Doing What I Like Instrumental Guitar | 3:01 |
