A little purple acrylic pouring piece.
This was a little piece I am working on for a friend of mine. It will be the background but the creation of this part is always exciting! Hope you […]
This was a little piece I am working on for a friend of mine. It will be the background but the creation of this part is always exciting! Hope you […]
Hello friends, I have been asked by a lot of you what you can do to help. As some of you know Denise and I flooded during Allison and learned […]
Hello all, First let me say that my family is safe, dry and comfortable in a hotel in Houston. We have flooded before, and I want nothing Unfortunately our home […]
This piece just reminds me of cotton candy. If you want to learn more about the process please check out my other videos. Also, there is a lot of additional […]
So over the last few months, I have steadily been uploading art videos and demonstrations to YouTube. While this has been a lot of fun, it has also come with […]
Both my younger kids James and Zoe love to make videos and love to watch YouTube. After much deliberation we decided to go ahead and create a channel dedicate to […]
I often get asked if I can show how I would create a painting using less expensive craft paints. Last week I did a demonstration using Anita’s All Purpose Acrylic […]
Recently I was asked to try out Anita’s All Purpose craft paint in a pouring demo to see what kind of results I get. Surprisingly the paint was very responsive […]
In this video, I use Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics. These acrylics are smooth but not as fluid as Golden Fluid Acrylics. In each of the colors, I also added some […]
Recently I have been asked to give my opinion on what is considered art and what is not. This conversation was specifically geared to those that enjoy acrylic pouring. Hopefully […]
This last week I was asked to come up with a few skateboard decks for a skate shop. Before I dove head first, I wanted to see how everything would […]
While I love the rich pigment of a Golden Fluid Acrylic, I have been asked numerous times about making fluid acrylic paints. So I started looking into it more and […]
I love to keep things pretty simple, and in this video, I show how to make a painting using only three ingredients and some nice shiny results. For this type […]
Sometimes I get into a little rut and have just to step back and let the universe tell me what it wants me to do. It is always amazing how […]
I have been asked a number of times in my YouTube comments to explain how I transfer an image to a painting. In this short video I go through all […]
Tonight my son James and I hung out and worked on his letter J. The kids are all really excited about hanging their own artwork on their walls and I […]
After my girl Zoe and I painted her letter my oldest Whitney was ready to work on her letter. Just like the last pour with Zoe we did a three […]
Tonight my youngest Zoe and I found these cools panel letters and decided we would do one for her room. Because of the shape of the letter we decided to […]
I have been asked a few times if I would show a step by step of a resin pour. In this demonstration I did a more subtle example more to […]
I don’t get to spend a lot of time with my oldest but when I do we generally do a lot of laughing. Whitney is one of my greatest accomplishments […]
Lately, I have been working on the way to get a lot of paint on a large panel without actually pouring the paint. Mainly I wanted to do a flip […]
This weekend Zoe and I have been playing with some new paint. Last night we made a piece using Color Shift Paints and we rather liked the results. So today […]
Sometimes when I create a piece I have every intention of it coming out right. Unfortunately this is not reality. In this video I take a piece I previously painted […]
I have really enjoyed using Floetrol as a pouring medium. It seems to do a pretty good job and stands up well under resin. One thing I have noticed is […]
This weekend I tried something a little different with my test canvases. I did a dirty pour with three flip cups, and I think it turned out OK. Below is […]
Over the weekend my lovely wife gave me three sets of Pebeo paints to play with. There were three kits, each with their own specific purpose. The tree […]
Yesterday I was working on a piece that used quite a few colors in the pour. Seven colors in fact! The colors were an inspiration from colors used by another […]
Teaching my 8 year old to paint using acrylic pouring medium and mixing colors is probably one of the most fun things I do each week. She just loves to […]
Recently I started playing with some of Golden Paints Interference paints with my resin pieces. This type of paint surprisingly brought an entirely new level to the look I […]
Most of the pieces I do with acrylic pouring mediums I also coat in resin. Personally, I think it looks better for the work and adds a level of quality […]
This Sunday afternoon my youngest and I made a little artwork. She has been begging for me to make a YouTube video on my channel of her and I making […]
I was asked about using Floetrol as a pouring medium and was interested in doing some tests. After the testing and a great conversation with the guys at Flood regarding […]
I was asked recently about the way in which I use pouring medium. Apparently, certain pouring mediums are hard to find, out of stock or just plain expensive. After doing […]
This blog has been a holding site for the last couple of years as I found out more about myself and where I want to be going forward. After […]
One of my biggest problems with art is that I seem to delve into the technical side of the medium until I am exhausted. I do this with photography, music, […]
I love being a dad. My kids are my greatest accomplishment. With that said, I have a responsibility to teach them as much as possible. Last week my youngest […]
One of the reasons I like panels better than canvas is the starting over factor. It is much easier to sand down a panel than to just add more […]
I have been trying new pouring techniques and have documented it with youtube.
Over the last few years, I have done a lot of reading around historic mystics and philosophers. I know this may seem rather boring to some, but for me […]
On Monday the weather was perfect for quietly painting. Houston had massive storms rolling through, and the atmosphere was ideal for quiet creative thought. In addition to making the piece, […]
I have recently been playing with the Golden High Flow Acrylic paints in conjunction with Art Resin, and I seem to be having lots of fun. The best part […]
I have a weird love affair with circles. They just seem to roll around better in my head.
I never lived in Corpus Christi but it is a place I have always called home. My entire family is from there so by proxy I am essentially from Corpus. […]
As a professional I get to photograph a lot of interesting people. A lot of times I am directed in complex theatrical means to create the WOW image. My favorite […]
Tonight at Black Swan I will have a series of prints I created available to trade for money. Stop by Spring Street Studios and check em out. This show will […]
This is a postcard I did on the plane back from Chicago. If your following me on instagram and want me to send it to you, let me know on […]
ink on paper.
Riding with my #grlwhitney
An ad piece I did a while back for the Humane Society
Tis the season of heat, humidity and holding my breath.
I often get asked if I can show how I would create a painting using less expensive craft paints. Last week I did a demonstration using Anita’s All Purpose Acrylic […]
Recently I was asked to try out Anita’s All Purpose craft paint in a pouring demo to see what kind of results I get. Surprisingly the paint was very responsive […]
In this video, I use Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics. These acrylics are smooth but not as fluid as Golden Fluid Acrylics. In each of the colors, I also added some […]
Recently I have been asked to give my opinion on what is considered art and what is not. This conversation was specifically geared to those that enjoy acrylic pouring. Hopefully […]
This last week I was asked to come up with a few skateboard decks for a skate shop. Before I dove head first, I wanted to see how everything would […]
While I love the rich pigment of a Golden Fluid Acrylic, I have been asked numerous times about making fluid acrylic paints. So I started looking into it more and […]
I love to keep things pretty simple, and in this video, I show how to make a painting using only three ingredients and some nice shiny results. For this type […]
Sometimes I get into a little rut and have just to step back and let the universe tell me what it wants me to do. It is always amazing how […]