CANVAS
I have a fascination for watching metal breakdown and melt into a pool of metallic lava. So many color variations, all with true earth tones. In this piece, I took every type of native and noble metal color I could find, layered them into a funnel and slowly drug it around the canvas, releasing subtle amounts of the metallic hues along the way. A little tilt and stretch, and the cells do their magic—colors coming from underneath as the paint flattens, creating little rings of inner pockets. This is “Melted Metals”.
6 acrylic metal colors with clear coat finish
16” X 12” X 1.5”
I love orange. It’s my favorite color. Especially orange that POPS!! And then what makes orange POP even more!?… Dark contrast! I poured a bit of dark blue and a bit of purple at the very bottom edge and pushed a blow dyer gradually in a spanned formation. As the blue paint is pushed and rolled outward into the orange, it begins to web itself between each other. the orange pops all through the spread blue and purple, giving it a stoney, coral-like feel with a small flame underneath it, thus Fire Coral…
5 acrylic colors with clear coat finish
12” X 12” X 1.5”
Pink is such a fantastic color; all shades of it. And the rose gold! Which, is the focal color of this piece. It contrasts the pinks with the hints of yellow and gold, yet is also somewhat pink, which reflects the outer hues of tourmaline, fuchsia and metallic pink. Using a blowdryer, I pushed the gold into the pinks slowly across the diagonal canvas. This caused the paint to slide instead of roll, giving the more gaseous, cloud-like appearence. They are the dancing flames of “Dragon Fire”.
5 acrylic colors covered a clear coat
9” X 9” X 1.5”
This is one of my favorite. I’m a huge fan of bright neon glowing colors! I always love black/blue light responsive art. For this piece I took all available neon colors offered; orange, blue, pink, purple, yellow, and green. I started by covering the whole canvas in a slight bit of obsidian and classic black , swirling the two together. Then, I simply poured each neon color sparingly and sparatically around the center of the canvas. Once all colors were down, I used a blow dryer to push the colors far in each direction, creating the sretched, smeared color variation. The differect and patterns gave me a nebula vibe. After the paint had dried, I put a clear coat with “galaxy glitter” in it for the star effects. It looks brilliant under black lights! Click on that instagram button in the upper right corner to check it out in its colorful glory!
6 neon colors over black and sealed with a galaxy glitter clear coat
20” X 12” X 1.5”
For this piece I choose the “swipe” method. First, in a row from bottom to top, I poured each of the 6 colors, tightly next to one another. I then used a sheet of paper towel and drug it ever so gently from bottom to top. Each color what subtlely pulled into the next. I then tip the edges of canvas to stretch and cover the entire surface, causing the swipe to become distorted and wavy. I called it Terrene because of its earthy tones and layers...
6 acrylic colors with clear coat finish
16” X 12” X 1.5”
This piece one of many experimental attempts of color and design. Being a rather small canvas, any room for failure is much more forgiving. Hot pink is one of my top colors. I wanted heavy contrast with the black so when a black/blue light is shined on it, it will glow brightly with deep shadowing from the black absorbing all of the light.
6 acrylic colors and sealed with clear coat
8” x 8” x 1.5”
Im a sucker for gem stones. The vibrant crystals, cracks and centers are just so corusacating. This piece was fun because I used a lot more blue than came out, but im also glad it came out with a lot less. The blue river-like veins between the masses of bare stone give that naturalistic terrain feel. I used mostly gold and copper for the darker tones and maybe two blues. So, this was a rather simple selection. The pour was the two blues poured in the center and then then golds and coppers on top of the blue. I let the paint mesh together, which is where the veins began to show. And then a bit of a stretch to reach the canvas edges. Once dried, I finished the blue with bits of bright blue oil paint. Oil paint stays very glossy and a bit of thickness to it, giving a more rugid look. I call it “Venae Aquae Terrae”, which is Latin for the “Veins of Earth’s Water”.
5 acrylic colors, hand drawn oil paint, with a clear coat finish
16” X 12” X 1.5”
While experimenting with my love of orange, I also was trying out different areas to start the other colors. So, for this one, I started in a corner and pushed it out thin to give it that static lightning. I absolutely love it when it does that! With the multitude of colors, I layered them into a cup, and slowly poured them on the corner of the canvas and used a blow dryer to push and spread the colors far outward.
8 acrylic colors over canvas and sealed with clear coat
12” x 12” x 1.5”
I went crazy on the color with this one. I don’t even remember how many I used, but it was a lot of them, as you can see! Similar to Night Bloom, I poured most of the colors in the middle, with some rings around it. But, unlike Night Bloom, I used the blow dryer a bit more aggressively . Instead of short pushes, I pushed from the center to the edge of the canvas. I wanted the colors to roll over each other so when it settles and flattens, it would create a plethora of rippling coloration. It looks as if something has just exploded — Something gaseous and liquid. I think of a dying star finally meeting its end…
15 acrylic colors over canvas and sealed with galaxy glitter clearcoat
20” x 20” x 2”
This piece was one of several neon color variations I did. I especially loved how this one turned out. I used a couple colors that were not neon and boy, did it do something I had no clue it would! When shined with a black or blue light, all of the neon colors glow while the nonreflective go dark, giving a really trippy 3D look! The neon colors kind of look like they are popping out while the non-neon colors sink back. Such a cool discovery. I just may have to make more like this one!
6 neon colors with 3 typical colors over canvas, sealed in galaxy clear coat
16” x 12” x 1.5”
And yet another tactful neon pour. For this one I just went all out with every possible neon color I could find, even in different brands as they tend to be ever so slightly different. The way the colors just meshed and melded together, captivates me. The more I gazed at it, the more it reminded me of some type of ameba or single-cell organism, glowing from single spectrum of alien-like lighting.
12 neon acrylic colors over canvas
16” x 12” x 1.5”
This is my very first “drag” technique! What is a “drag” technique, you ask? This is when the paint is laid out across the entire panel. In this instance, I used 6 neon colors and black. I poured them into strips down the canvas. I then took a paper towel and slowly drug it down the length of the canvas. As the paint is pulled, it will roll over itself, leaving a streak of all the colors and a rainbow gradience. Then, the magic kicks in! As the paint settles, the cells start to come through. All of the color that is layered underneath pushes to the top, often from air bubbles escaping. In the end, it leaves behind a river of color.
7 acrylic colors with clear coat finish
20” × 10” × 1.5”
This is another experimental piece. It small size left me little failure as I free poured a gradience of yellow to green in the center and simply let gravity do it’s thing. I wanted to see the cells and ripples surface as it flatted and spread out across the canvas. i then did a slight push of air on the outer edges to blend it into the black background. It even glows in the dark!
4 acrylics colors over canvas
8” x 8” x 1.5”
This is one of my biggest and most favored pieces. The color blending in the middle to the branching on the outer edges are just amazing. I love how the center looks like formations of gas; as if it were hand-painted. To get this look, I poured about six different colors in the middle and let it sit for a bit to let gravity flatten and stretch. Then, starting from the very center, I used a blow dryer and pushed the colors outward every so slightly. I then did another fanning with the blow dryer on the outer pink and purple ring of the color circle. I then let the paint sit a bit longer, just to do one more push on the very tip of the outer ring to fold it into the black background. This caused the bright colors to branch throughout the black, like the colors were breaking away.
8 acrylic colors over canvas, sealed with clearcoat
20” x 20” x 2”
I spent a little bit of time experimenting with color representation. I chose green because I love the vibrance. The style of did was layering multiple green shades into a funnel and slowly releasing the paint while moving around the canvas. The settling paint creates rings of gradient cells, giving a bubbling, liquid-like impression…like Liquid Malachite.
6 acrylic colors with clear coat finish
12” X 12” X 1.5”