In the years I painted in watercolors I used to dip my brush into the various paints that I thought I wanted to use to create the color I was looking for and then put the brush to the paper and mix things up a bit with a little water. The paints would mix and arrange themselves, creating interesting patterns and doing a lot of the work of making the painting interesting. With these thicker paints, I still do the same thing, but the paints don't mix themselves on the board, I have to do that, which is a lot more work. However, it is also fun to push the paint around and see what you can come up with. This is pretty much what I'm doing these days -- the actual scene is a secondary consideration, and is certainly a secondary consideration in this piece.
12x16" 30x40cm acrylic on hardboard
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