Inspiration & where it took me

  I came across this video a year ago whilst stumbling along the internet. This video is of an artist named Holton Rower. He uses multiple pillars and acrylic paint. These pieces are large and very impressive.

  I recreated this on a similar scale. A 4X4 ft. thin wooden board and a 3 ft. tall X 10 in. wide pillar. I also had a friend come to make a video of the process but I’m still waiting on said video. This process took around an hour including set up time.

The pillar was removed to make it easier to transport.

  What exactly it is about this video/the process that spoke to me last year? Everything… and it’s stuck with me. It’s something about the loss of control that keeps yelling out to me.

  All of the stripes that were created and the designs made by the paint on the pillar are so beautiful to me. Even the way that the paint cracked when it was drying is beautiful. There are just so many details I love about this piece and the process. 

Smaller pieces done on canvas.

  In our critique this last Friday the idea of controlling the paint was brought up. The idea of the paint flowing through a maze or something else that led the paint was very interesting. This started to give me ideas about maybe playing with the canvas; placing things under it to create shapes? What about stamps? Something along the lines of a relief? This critique gave me some creative criticism and it’s just a matter of making now!    

            So what’s the next step?