PAHOEHOE

$200.00

I found that mixing neon with dark, non-neon colors creates a crazy deep contrast when using a black/blue light. The neon colors just glow and the rest just turn into a shadow. It truly is mesmerizing. With this piece, I poured the colors sporadically randomly all over the panel, following up with the blow dryer in directions. Instead of a bunch of cells, we got gaseous, fluidity. Everything looks like its melting. It’s so bright, yet so dark. The smooth, fluid paths remind me of lava between igneous rock. In Hawaii, the less viscus lava is known as Pahoehoe(pa-hoy-hoy), meaning "smooth” or “runny”. I find it fitting…

7 acrylic colors with clear coat finish

24” X 18” X 1.5”

I found that mixing neon with dark, non-neon colors creates a crazy deep contrast when using a black/blue light. The neon colors just glow and the rest just turn into a shadow. It truly is mesmerizing. With this piece, I poured the colors sporadically randomly all over the panel, following up with the blow dryer in directions. Instead of a bunch of cells, we got gaseous, fluidity. Everything looks like its melting. It’s so bright, yet so dark. The smooth, fluid paths remind me of lava between igneous rock. In Hawaii, the less viscus lava is known as Pahoehoe(pa-hoy-hoy), meaning "smooth” or “runny”. I find it fitting…

7 acrylic colors with clear coat finish

24” X 18” X 1.5”