Last night I made a few acrylic poured paintings. It’s mostly fun and takes very little artistic ability. The patterns develop as you cause the paint to slide around the canvas by slanting the canvas after you pour your own customized concoction of paint (and Floetrol, water and a few drops of silicon) out of a cup. And then you get to stand back and watch more patterns and “cells” emerge on their own. If you are interested in trying this, just Google acrylic pour painting and you’ll find numerous tutorials/demos.
On FB, a friend commented: “An uncanny resemblance to some rocks I’ve seen some guy posting lately.”
My response: There is a parallel to rock tumbling. Very little need for talent, yet sometimes stunning results. These activities are both fun and relaxing and they work well as a counter-balance to the intense abstract time-driven work I do as an attorney. Or maybe I’m simply regressing to my childhood . .
