Coming soon on "Try this at Home!" Is that a blow-drier?"

There are many, many ways to move paint around.  I enjoy using non-traditional painting tools and methods for their element of surprise,  an ingredient I greatly value in abstract work.  It is also fun to create more traditional images through less traditional methods.  A blow drier can create tree-like shapes with diverging branches or stream and tributary lines as seen on a map.  "Try this at Home!" Experiments in Acrylic by Mickey Bond. www.mickeybond.blogspot.com; www.mickeybond.com.

Acrylic Abstracts by Mickey Bond

Runes: Mesa Noon Diptych by Mickey Bond, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 60 inches. 

My "Runes" series features organic shapes made by embedding stones, rocks and gravel in paint and acrylic media.  Removing the rocks and stones leaves behind an evocative pattern of marks and outlines.

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Acrylic Abstracts by Mickey Bond

Snowdrift Mountain Stream 3 and 4, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 48 x 30 inches. Created in part through exposure to winter weather.
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Mixed Media Abstracts by Mickey Bond

From the series "Fire & Ice" by Mickey Bond
Mixed media on clayboard, 36 x 24
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