Untitled Puddle Painting

Untitled Puddle was the very first of my Puddle Paintings, a series of works exploring color, balance, and beauty in their simplest form. Drawing upon the color choices of others by using found or donated house paints, I explored the body's visceral reaction to color, why we are drawn to certain colors, and how they affect us in our environments. As a practice in letting go, I consciously took my intention and ego out of the process and literally let the paint, or in this case, lacquer, fall as it may. This work captures a swooping gesture drawn in black charcoal that creates something out of nothing, mass out of space. It holds a variety of textures from thick impasto, to droopy drips, to chalky matte, to glossy puddles. Mixed media: house paint, gesso, charcoal, acrylic, and lacquer on canvas