Sea Monkey Painting

My painting is inspired by the act of painting. Nothing happens until I start manipulating my media. Paintings are given titles after they are finish which leaves the process open and undefined. The focus is on the moment of painting. That act propels the process. My paintings are best viewed at arm's length. That is my orientation to the painting. I invite the viewer to "read" my paintings by following the hand of the artist. Due to the lack of a known brush stroke the details of my paintings go deep. "My Sea Monkey went to the river and now we are friends." Sea Monkey was originally a commission from a car company to make several films of my paint spreading on two foot panels. The films were to be used as source material for touch screens in driverless cars. They wanted the human touch. I suggested setting me up with a studio in Paris for a year would yield some good source material. I've not heard back. The films can be seen on my website. I got to keep all but one of the paintings per contract. This painting sat around for several years until 2019 when I started reworking it. Sea Monkey has a reflective finish. Materials used are, urethane and acrylic binders, pigments in dispersal water, dry iridescent pigments and resin on hollow core panel.