Butterfly II

This is my second acrylic chain pull butterfly.  Will do one more, then move on.   Metallic paints don't show well in pictures but are dynamite on the wall in direct light.  This one has gold on top, silver on bottom.

Parker Goes to Sea

Trish took Parker out in the kayak for the first time yesterday.  Unlike Artie on his maiden voyage, Parker did not attempt to walk on water.  She was well prepared, had her PFD on, also doggles to protect her eyes from the glare off the water.  She's a smart little bitch.  And way cool, to boot.

Butterfly

My fourth attempt at acrylic pour butterfly and second attempt using the chain pull method; the first one was terrible so I wiped it off the canvas before it dried.  This has several minor flaws but still pretty enough to hang.

Despite the name butterfly I've yet to see a single one making butter.

Nor eating butter, for that matter.

Blossoms

My enthusiasm for trying various acrylic pour techniques has long since exceeded the available wall space to hang the finished paintings.  I've given dozens away to family and friends.  This latest batch of chain pull paintings will be donated to our pickleball club as a fundraiser, silent auction item.  It'll be interesting to see what people think they're worth.

The one below is metallic paint, which doesn't really come through in photos.

It really pops out when light shines on it.

Feathers and Metallics

Ms Santa gave me a 6-pack of metallic acrylic paints. 

I'm quite fond of metallics, especially like copper.

All-metallic feathers: copper, gold and bronze.

Done with strings and beaded chains.

Metallics look good on rocks, too.

My first attempt at feathers, sans metallics.

One Off

This is a one-off, using a technique called open bottle pour.

3 colors on black base: blue, metallic copper, metallic silver.

It's a one-off because I'm more into semi-abstract than total abstract,

so won't be using that technique again.

It's okay, kinda interesting, went ahead and hung it up.

Added 3 days later.

The painting reminded me of something, just figured it out: the small intestine.

You Bug Me!

Doggone bugs just have to get into the act, third time it's happened.

I recently completed two 12 x 24 acrylic pour paintings, using the swipe technique.  Several colors of paint are placed on the canvas, and then a damp paper towel or cloth is slowly dragged over the surface. 

On this one I layered the paints horizontally, used warm colors with dabs of black and white.  See that question mark-shaped line on the left, about 1/3 from the top?  That's the bug track: it landed and then crawled around awhile.  Trying to remove the bug and the track would have screwed up the whole painting so the hell with it.  Mr Bug now lies in state, covered with 3 layers of clear coat gloss.  His family and friends can fly by anytime to pay their respects.

The colors were spread vertically on the one below.

I like them both but think the one above is more interesting.