Experimenting with Acrylic Painting and Collaging (Patreon)

Hi guys :)

Today I wanted to share a couple of paintings that I did in the past week or two. I haven’t practiced any form of physical art in a long time, let alone painting, and I was really itching to try some new things. I’ve been really inspired by oil and acrylic painting with mixed media lately, so I tried making a couple things of my own as a therapeutic practice and for fun. I’m a huge fan of the oil painter Francis Bacon, and there’s another artist I follow on Instagram that I’ve also been loving lately named Tyler Scully (@specters_art). These experimental pieces are pretty directly inspired by those artists, and I had a lovely time making them. My favorite is definitely the middle painting, which was the most recent one I made, so that shows some good improvement! These are quite unsettling, which is sort of par-for-the-course with this style, but I think I was mostly able to convey what was in my head. Been battling a lot of juxtaposing feelings lately, and it was really nice to sit and make something out of those emotions, especially through a new artistic medium.

Have you guys ever made things with these materials before? If so, I’d love to see!

Sincerely,

Casey