Mickey Bond
My mixed media series explore the mystery of creation by enabling nature's influence on my paint and media. Winter's freezing temperatures provide the chance to freeze paint, elicit frost crystals and create a unique kind of crackle in frozen polymer mediums. I've discovered that the surface of clayboard behaves like cold glass on a wintry night, providing (with my help) the right conditions for ice crystals to form delicate patterns and for acrylic media to freeze and splinter into organic crackles and snake skin designs. Nature is a true collaborator designing my under-paintings and influencing my composition. My current mixed media series
Classification: Adult Professional