"Fluidity I & II" are acrylic on canvas, 36x60" each.  These works were created in late 2019 for a specific location, so I was asked for a particular size and palette.  The designer requested fresh, dynamic, and abstract content.  I've been experimenting with the pouring technique lately and wanted to go in that direction.  This is what you'd call a "wet into wet" approach.  The substrate (canvas, in this case) has been saturated with water, and the paints applied have been mixed with water.  

You may notice some edges are soft and feathered, while others are hard.  That happens because the water is evaporating at varying rates all over the canvas as the paints are being poured.  It's one of the unpredictable and chaotic aspects of water media I really love!  As the artist, I can try to guide the painting and manipulate the results, but really the water is in charge. These were done in two stages.  The first application was a golden green and range of blues.  Once that dried (about 24 hours), I added a layer of violet.  The lighter rounded shapes were created using an alcohol resist.  Alcohol disrupts most types of acrylic paint if the paint is still wet enough.  You can apply it in a variety of ways.  Here I poured little pools to see what would happen.

The walls where these paintings will live are a light gray, so I left the background white for contrast.