They might remind of the boiling lava of an active volcano.
Or, maybe it鈥檚 the moment of the 鈥榖ig bang鈥� at the beginning of the cosmos.
Of course that鈥檚 the allure of acrylic poured art, it is up to the viewer to decide what the swirls of colour might be.
It is certainly a style artist Judd Fagrie, who grew up in Yorkton, his parents Terry and Olivia, are retired here, has come to appreciate.
鈥�I started back in Feb 2019 with the desire to make a headboard out of resin, however, that involved a lot of tools, equipment and space that I did not have,鈥� explained Fagrie 44.聽 鈥淚 then discovered through resin Facebook pages that paintings and molds could be done.聽 Resin is a great, but expensive medium to use. You can make a lot different art with resin but at the time the cost to make resin was more than I expected so moved to acrylic pouring.聽 That being said, I do eventually want to get back to working with resin but need the PPE, some more tools and more money to resume.鈥�
An explanation on what the technique is all about, can be found at acrylgiessen.com
鈥淎crylic Pouring is a fascinating fluid painting technique,鈥� it notes. 鈥淚t is based on acrylic paint, which can be brought into a liquid, pourable consistency with the addition of a pouring medium and other additives as required. Depending on the technique, this liquefied paint is then poured into each other or tilted onto the canvas and distributed by tilting the painting surface. Depending on the choice of paint, the medium, and the additives, different effects are created.鈥�
So for now Fagrie, a Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Logistics Officer, currently at 17 Wing Winnipeg at Royal Canadian Air Force Barker College as the College Logistics Officer, is working with acrylic pours.
鈥淢y focus has been on acrylic pouring, mostly doing, dirty pours, flip cups, open cup pours, swipes,鈥� he told Yorkton This Week.聽 鈥淭here are a ton of different techniques out there, some that require specific materials or mixing consistency to do the pour.聽 Currently, I am in the middle of renovations, but once done, I plan to explore a few new types of pours as I do have a garage and part of a basement to use. I would like to explore more pour techniques to achieve different styles and effects like spin pours, string pull pours, paint swing pours and test out pour on larger canvases.
鈥淚 enjoy acrylic pouring, not being able to draw, I can use different colours, materials, mediums to create something unique on the canvas.聽 I like that I can manipulate the art somewhat to achieve whatever desired effect I may or may not have in mind.聽 I also like that the paint will do its own thing and when eventually settled it may form to resemble something,聽which I can then create a story for the painting.聽 I have had paintings that look like outer space, a pig, shape of a figure, person or face, a mushroom, a dragon, just to name a few without swipes or 鈥渄rawing鈥� with the paint; most end up with unique cells, patterns and effects.鈥�
Fagrie said he has always been interested in art, but it took some time to find a medium that he felt fit him.
鈥淲hen I was young, about 7 or 8, I always had an interest in books, comic books, cartoons and paintings.聽 I have just always had an interest in art but could not produce what I liked,鈥� he said.聽鈥淚 never could draw, I tried, just don鈥檛 have that ability.聽 I enjoyed album and movie art whether it was album artwork, drawn movie posters or the front covers of VHS tapes.聽聽
鈥淚 have an active, imaginative mind that could come up with anything, just can鈥檛 put that to paper, canvas, molds, etc.聽 If I could draw I would do comic books or horror art.聽 If I could draw, then I would also paint.聽
鈥淎s side note, a friend of mine and talented local artist, Liberty Enriquez, has on several occasions, taken a few of my paintings and then embellished them with drawings, giving them new life.聽 She did one of Magic Johnson, which was shown at the Cre8ery Gallery in The 100Plus Exhibition, 2020.聽 The pour I did and I did not like, but it apparently had the Lakers colours so she drew him.聽 She has also done a skull, planet and trees on some of my other canvases.鈥�
So what attracted Fagrie to art at a young age over other possible activities such as sports?
鈥淲ell, I did all of those as well,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 still have some short stories I wrote back in elementary school tucked away and comic book characters I made up and created back stories for.聽I can鈥檛 draw so I traced them out from comics then made up their appearance and uniforms.聽
鈥淚 played the tuba since grade school until end of High School.聽 I played in the band, marching band and jazz band.聽
鈥淚 sang in the choir and jazz choir too.聽 I have a bass and Theremin but never got very far with trying to play them, maybe one day.
鈥淚 played volleyball in junior high and football in High School.聽 Now, I do weights, cardio and stretching to stay active.鈥�
But, acrylic pouring has proven an outlet for Fagrie鈥檚 creativity.
鈥淏eing able to do acrylic pours and resin art, it has allowed me to explore creating art within my abilities since I can鈥檛 draw,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 can still work with materials, mediums and colours to create a lot of different kinds of art and use a lot of different techniques.鈥�
What Fagrie creates has come through experimentation rather than education.
鈥淚 wish I did have the inherent ability to draw and paint,鈥� he related, adding some art education would have been a good thing.聽鈥淚 would like to understand more about colour theory and concepts about art.聽 This would definitely help me correcting my errors and enable me to expand on what I can do with acrylic pours and resin art.聽
鈥淢ost of what I have learned has been off of YouTube and Facebook groups.聽 I have a membership at Cre8ery Gallery and Studio (Inc.).聽
鈥淚 came across Cre8ery while trying to find a place to have my art documented professionally to eventually be able to make prints from.聽 Cre8ery had a variety of workshops on art and art theory but also how to build and learn a business, manage social media and other topics that help both the artistic and business side of things.聽 Jordan Miller, Owner, has been a tremendous help and her gallery has been an excellent resource for someone like me just starting out, whether a hobby for me or career for another.聽 I did not imagine that I would have started creating art and then getting the opportunity to show that in a gallery.聽 Just being able to show my work with others who can draw, paint and/or sculpt has been something I never thought would have happened.鈥澛�
The experimentation into the medium is still under way to the point Fagrie is still defining his style.
鈥淗onestly, I don鈥檛 know if I have a certain style yet,鈥� he said.聽鈥淭he pouring techniques I mostly do at this time are flip cups, open cups, swipes and dirty pours.聽 I feel that as I am still learning various techniques, colour combos/theory and other elements that I haven鈥檛 developed a style that would scream that is something by Judd.聽
鈥淭here are still techniques that I would like to try out. Once I can experiment more with different techniques, materials and mediums to find what I like, maybe I may find a certain style that I prefer.鈥�
Fagrie added he still draws inspiration from what he sees others doing.
鈥淚 watch a lot of videos on Facebook and YouTube on pouring to view different techniques, to get information and read comments from people to learn and improve on my work.聽 There is no person(s) currently that I follow to gain inspiration from.聽 If anything it would be the internet, Facebook and YouTube to build upon my knowledge and skills and apply that to current and future work
鈥淚 enjoy that I am able to control and manipulate the paint to some extent.聽 I am a visual person and enjoy colours so being able to mix and pour paint that will form unique patterns and effects allows me to create interesting works.聽
鈥淲ith this type of art, you never know what you will get when your pour comes out.聽 If I was trying for a sea, space or fire theme for example, I would use colours associated with those and hope the pour comes to resemble what I was aiming for; you also get a lot of happy accidents as well.聽 With using different colour palettes and combinations, along with different techniques, you can create anything you want.聽
鈥淲hen I do resume using resin as a medium I would like to explore more avenues to create, resin does allow for a more controlled medium and the fact that you can cast with in as well, opens a lot more doors for creative works.鈥�
Fagrie added he looks forward to learning as he grows as an artist.
鈥淚 hope to learn more aspects of colour theory and experiment with other techniques -- both ones that I have and haven鈥檛 done,鈥� he said.聽鈥淚 would like to experiment more with resin and incorporating different materials to create different effects and textures to add to the canvas rather a resin pour painting.聽 I would also like to explore with abstract art and learn to better work with colours and a brush.聽 I have thought several times about doing this in the past but never got around to it yet.鈥�
Fagrie鈥檚 work can be seen on Facebook under the name, Apocacrylic ResinFreak.聽 He can be reached on Facebook via message.聽
鈥淚 post new pictures when I do finish the paintings.聽 I would like to make videos eventually of my works and post those as well,鈥� he said.
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