I often choose safe colors like blue, gray, blue-gray, black, and white, combined with a little bit of red, yellow, or green. All metallics, gold, silver, bronze, and buy I do like to use. This time I wanted to step out of my comfort zone, by working with yellow/green, and using that to do acrylic casting. I had come up with the cloud pour for this canvas. The final result was surprising. Very bright in color, almost neon. I liked the way it turned out, and it was fun to try out for once.
At first I only saw the sign of spades in it, but later when you turn the work counterclockwise, I saw the head of a ram.
The following link is from my YouTube channel, where you can see how this piece came to be.
https://youtu.be/3qR-8X5ILyk episode 5 of the series Let's create something beautiful.
I started painting in 1996. Mostly in the anthroposophical way, which means wet on wet, and transparent painting. Over the years I have alternated painting with, among other things, soapstone and working with fabrics. Recently I discovered acrylic casting. With this technique, which in turn.. Read more…