I have turned it around and have started on the inside having some issues with the grain and tear out
Hello Kevin! I just saw this.
I like the shape of your piece. From the 2nd pic it looks like you might still have plenty of wood to work with. You are smart to ask for some help - often an experienced person can take a quick look and make a suggestion.
Is the tearout you show all the way around the piece or just in some spots? Beautiful figure can be a problem sometimes since the fibers that create the chatoyance are probably changing direction often. From the first picture this looks possible.
A few long-distance ideas: Very light cuts (I like to think of them as "whisper" cuts") with a sharp sharp sharp ("shaving sharp") tool might help. Aggressive cuts with an edge that's not well honed can pull out fibers. Can you try another gouge with a different grind?
Depending on the wood, shear scraping gently with the wing of the gouge help with a problem. Often a very sharp negative rake scraper can smooth areas prone to tearout with a gouge - I rely on the NRS a lot (and keep a variety on hand, over a dozen, different sizes and shapes). These can remove the lightest shavings without tearout regardless of the grain direction (in good wood). Here I'm smoothing wings ("turning air"), sometimes tricky with a gouge.
I grind some NRS like this which are my favorites for bowls and platters: I grind these at a 60-deg included angle kind of like a skew with a curved side for inside and outside shapes, and a straight end for flatter areas. Sharpen with 600 CBN wheel, strop away the grinder burr and add a gentle burr with a carbide burnisher. The middle one here is turned up on edge to show the angle of the grind.
I use these on nearly every face turning (bowls/platters) after shaping with a gouge of some sort. Then use hand scrapers for further smoothing (I don't think they can tear out fibers!), then sand with fine paper, often by hand. (I never power sand with rotating disks.) Hand scraper in use:
Another way that can help in some situations is to reinforce the wood grain a bit first, perhaps with a little of some type of penetrating finish.
I want my mistakes to be truly original
I love that idea!
JKJ