Tag: Art

This one took a few tries to get right, starting out as a power tools art project that failed, leading to the inspiration behind “Grass,” and finally learning from what worked with “Grass” to come to this result. My original idea was to put some paint onto a page and then use a hand-held orbital […]

This one came about yesterday as the result of an accident with a different project. I’d been working on another power tools art project in my back yard. It didn’t really work out the way that I wanted it to (though I learned a couple things) and then, in taking the rig apart, I accidentally […]

I’m a huge Detroit Red Wings fan, so of course I had to find a way to incorporate that into my art, which led to the “Legends” series from June 5. I wanted to see if my method would lend itself to using stencils to block off whitespace and if whatever the stencil’s design was […]

This was another one from May 30 and, as disappointed as I was with “Rainbow,” I’m thrilled with this one. Having figured out that the paint delivery method would work and one way not to implement it, my main goal with this one was to play with colors and I think it turned out beautifully. […]

I did this one on May 30 and, while there are parts of it that I like, I’m a bit disappointed with the outcome. Pretty obviously, the idea was to create an abstract rainbow. So, success, I guess. I was also testing to see how much overlap there would be if I was throwing six […]

“Primary One” and “Primary Two” were executed on May 29, 2021. They were my first attempts at using centrifugal force (provided by a power drill) to fling paint from paint tubes and onto canvas. There were two ideas I wanted to test with these. The first was whether or not my idea of using a […]