For this layered composition I started out doodling on raw, loose canvas with a Sharpie brand oil based paint marker and Krink brand enamel based paint markers. After letting those dry for a bit, I sprayed the canvas with water selectively, soaking parts and leaving other parts nearly dry. I applied high flow acrylic paint to the wet canvas, which soaked it up creating a dyed effect with nice gradients.

The next several layers are made up of doodles in different paint markers, opaque heavy body acrylic applied with a silicone wedge tool, poured acrylic media with pigment mixed in, and fluid acrylic dripped into wet media.

I'm working with the tension between the built up surface where all the layers are playing off of each other and the raw canvas background which I have allowed to show through in places, especially in the upper parts and lower left of this painting. I've also incorporated some text snippets, mostly of phrases I hear in songs or in radio programs, and which are intended only as a sort of way to pull the moment into the painting. They are as much about filling space as they are anything else.