Brave and Bloom - Fluid Art

Brave and Bloom - Fluid Art Experimenting with acrylic pouring and alcohol inks, while learning to "go with the flow"

I always seem to return to painting poppies. After drifting toward other subjects, there’s something that eventually cal...
10/21/2025

I always seem to return to painting poppies. After drifting toward other subjects, there’s something that eventually calls me back, that inner clock that knows it’s time to bring poppies back to life again.

Why poppies? They bloom in disturbed soil, in the aftermath of chaos, demonstrating that beauty can still take root in broken ground. Each stroke of red feels like both a wound and a renewal.

Painting poppies does feel therapeutic. They remind me that fragility and resilience are more partners than opposites. In times when everything feels so precarious, the poppy is a symbol of resistance and the sheer will to exist. ❤️

“Here come autumn leavesIn yellows, oranges and redsEchoing the colours That the sun paints as she sets A beautiful kale...
10/16/2025

“Here come autumn leaves
In yellows, oranges and reds
Echoing the colours
That the sun paints as she sets

A beautiful kaleidoscope
Of amber, russet, gold
Gently letting go
As autumn ushers in the cold

And maybe there’s a lesson
That the leaves can teach us all;
That clinging on can hurt as much
As letting ourselves fall”
- Becky Hemsley

The joy of creating is something hard to capture into words. And while for the past three years or so I have been focusi...
10/14/2025

The joy of creating is something hard to capture into words. And while for the past three years or so I have been focusing mostly on using alcohol inks - I know I am all over the place in terms of style and technique. I admire artists who focus on one style and perfect it, allowing it to become a way of branding themselves. My rational thinking teels me I should settle on something, too. But, oh, I LOVE learning and trying new things and I just can’t resist the temptation! This is what happened when I came across the Abstract Landscape Using Textures lesson with Teresa Brown, offered through the Alcohol Ink Society as part of their October 2025 Challenge. I loved the idea so much I had to try the technique! Really really fun play! 😊❤️

This one began one late night - no plan, no vision. Just exhaustion and the need to move inks across paper with guided ...
10/10/2025

This one began one late night - no plan, no vision. Just exhaustion and the need to move inks across paper with guided by my hot air tool and duster. Then the inks called for their friends, the acrylics. The acrylics reminded me the crackle paste was feeling neglected and in the spirit of fairness had to be included. And really… what’s anything without a touch of gold? And just like that, a multimedia piece was born - unplanned, but perfectly inevitable 😊

An older piece I never ended up posting because I wasn’t pleased with how it came out. So it went right at the bottom of...
10/06/2025

An older piece I never ended up posting because I wasn’t pleased with how it came out. So it went right at the bottom of the pile and forgotten it was…until today, when I bumped into it and thought: “I kind of like it, lol” I’m sure I’m not the only artist feeling this way sometimes…

Using my alcohol inks to turn ripples into beautiful fall leaves was just what I needed…🍁🍂🤎💛💚This is a 12x12 piece on Na...
10/05/2025

Using my alcohol inks to turn ripples into beautiful fall leaves was just what I needed…🍁🍂🤎💛💚

This is a 12x12 piece on Nara paper

Something a little different: 12x12 alcohol inks piece - art nuveau style 💚🐿️ 🍃
09/27/2025

Something a little different: 12x12 alcohol inks piece - art nuveau style 💚🐿️ 🍃

The night is thick, The moon shines bright,A joyful witch twirls in the light…🧙‍♀️My entry for the Alcohol inks and go...
09/24/2025

The night is thick,
The moon shines bright,
A joyful witch twirls in the light…🧙‍♀️

My entry for the

Alcohol inks and golden foil on 5x7 Yupo paper

“Solitude” - alcohol inks on a 6x6 ceramic tile 💙🩵
09/21/2025

“Solitude” - alcohol inks on a 6x6 ceramic tile 💙🩵

Just a quiet night in alcohol inks, animated by the sound of the river 🩵
08/13/2025

Just a quiet night in alcohol inks, animated by the sound of the river 🩵

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