LEFTOVER EPOXY RESIN??? HERE'S ONE WAY TO USE IT.

ALFRED TORRES April 23, 2020

GREETINGS FROM SUNNY FLORIDA! I hope you are keeping your spirits high during these challenging times. The COVID 19 Quarantine has been extremely challenging for myself. However, I’m finding new ways to keep myself occupied and hope you are as well.

Here’s a quick FRESCO’S TIP on what to do with excess EXPOXY RESIN.

So you’ve mixed up your resin and used it on your masterpiece, but now you have a couple of ounces leftover. DON’T WASTE IT & DON’T THROW IT OUT!

Have no fear, the COMPLICATED ART MAN is here.

Click the video link below for a quick tutorial on my YOU TUBE channel on what to do with leftover/excess EPOXY RESIN.

Have a fantastic day, and remember”

“STAY CREATIVE AND KEEP ON PAINTING.”

ANGEL FEATHER GIFT/FLYING HIGH/COVID19/UPLIFTING SPIRITS

ALFRED TORRES April 20, 2020

This blog will be short, but sweet.

The quarantine days of the Covid 19 pandemic have been extremely challenging times for us all, and times we will likely never forget.

After Facetiming with a good friend of mine in Miami, I decided to send a little gift to uplift his spirits. A small, but powerful painting An Angel Feathe.

The Facetime call was full of rehashing old stories, lots of laughter, and cheer, and promising an optimistic future outcome for our current situation. I instantly felt an attitude improvement after the call and had a fantastic night of sleep.

The next day, I mailed out a COMPLICATED ART MAN care package to my good friend. I sent him this Angel feather that I had painted last fall.

If there is one thing that most of us have available at our immediate disposal right now, it is TIME. Use it wisely. Call someone and have a conversation. It just might change your mindset and help you make it through this Covid 19 pandemic with a bit more ease—

CHEERS! STAY CREATIVE AND KEEP ON PAINTING!

C.A.M.

KEEPING BUSY CREATING ART/ABSTRACT ACTION PAINTING/COVID19 PANDEMIC/RESIN ARTWORK

ALFRED TORRES March 31, 2020

Greetings y’all. I wanted to share a quick post about how I’ve been keeping busy with my artwork during the COVID 19 pandemic.

I’m sure many of you are taking advantage of your newly acquired extra time. Whether that means working out, creating art, playing music, making music, or spending time with the family, I’m sure most of you are making the best out of this time period. .

So here are a couple of new abstract acrylic paintings , and some recent art pieces as well. Enjoy. And THANK YOU for stopping by.

These two pieces are acrylic on Canvas. They are big boys, 3️⃣ x 4️⃣. Caribbean ocean “color washed” with distressed honeycomb accents.

Thin resin coat finish. That’s my silhouette. U see it?

After the acrylic dried, I coated the canvases with a thin coat of resin, to add lustre and brilliance. I used a squeegee to spread it out. I love the squeegeeing technique, as it leaves very little to no traces of the resin application.

FRESCOE’S TIP: A thin coat of resin dries a lot faster than a thick coat, allowing you to continue working on your masterpiece if you choose to do so..

I finished these masterpieces off with some action painting, channeling my inner Jackson Pollock

FRESCOE’S TIP: 🛑 KNOW WHEN TO STOP!

I used a loose and flowy acrylic black, and a Betty Crocker mixing spoon. I love that BC spoon. It’s quickly becoming a favorite tool in my painting arsenal.

I started my concept off small, putting my ideas down on these little 3 x 3” framed canvases. These would be my reference points, or guides along this Caribbean Ocean art journey.

I went to the Bahamas twice last year and absolutely fell in love with the colors of the ocean.

It’s amazing how things happen sometimes. I had these canvases in my work studio for over two years. As I started to paint one, I decided to paint all three and gift them away to my neighbors for their kids.

During this COVID-19 pandemic., I’ve discovered that my neighbors‘s kids have shown interest in art. #SilverLinings

Moving on… For good measure, I will shamelessly sprinkle in a couple more of my abstract masterpieces that I’ve created during this pandemic.

“7 LAYER DRIP”

Acrylic on canvas/centrifuge splattern effect. Very abstract & resin splattern finish as well. #ZOOMIN

“SPECIAL AGENT ORANGE”

“Special Agent Orange”was created using a color wash with different values of orange. Then finished with action painting techniques using a flowy acrylic black

Well guys, that’s all I have for now. I just wanted to share some of my abstract pieces that I’ve been creating during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Thanks for stopping by the COMPLICATED ART MAN blog. #staysafe #practicesocialdistancing

As always, “Stay Creative & Keep on Painting”.

COMPLICATEDARTMAN OUT!

DISNEYWORLD & UNIVERSAL CLOSED/SOCIAL DISTANCING/DANTES INFERNO/GREED/CANTO VII/CORONAVIRUS

ALFRED TORRES March 19, 2020

Happy Quarantining ya’ll. How’s that SOCIAL DISTANCING thing working out for ya?

Well, since my main hustle is bartending my resort pool bar is shit down till mid April, this gives me a chance to revisit an older piece of mine, CANTO VII (7) I NEED MORE CHEESE.

After all, it is an art piece about greed and excess.

Although you may know me from such hits as, “I SLING PIÑA COLADAS ALL DAY AT THE BAY”, the only thing I’m slinging right now is wet and flowy acrylic paint and some resin.

I’m close to finishing two more paintings in my #COROLLAVIRUS series, But I found it apropos to revisit one of my older artworks, CANTO VII (7)/ I NEED MORE CHEESE.

Coincidentally, one night while strolling through DISNEY SPRINGS, I was inspired to create a piece about greed & a dystopian society, . All I saw were dollar bills & mouse ears everywhere… and voilà.

So, given our current state of affairs with the CORONAVIRUS (COVID19), and the theme Parks (DISNEYWORLD & UNIVERSAL STUDIOS) being temporarily shut down, I thought I would repost about CANTOVII.

Here’s a few fun facts about this piece

it contains seashells & sand from Cocoa Beach
It has a twin piece (almost identical😁😁) that was donated to the Surfside Playhouse in Cocoa Beach for the annual fundraiser.
It’s 3’ x 4’ Wicked Massive
the $$$ symbols were stenciled & spray painted
It took almost 6 weeks to paint the “twins”

Well, I wish all of ya’ll the best of luck during this CORONAVIRUS Pandemic. These are unprecedented times, a little dark, but at least we are having some incredible weather here in Central Florida & I’ve gotten some extra free time to create some new masterpieces… #COROLLAVIRUS

What masterpieces are you currently creating? LMK down below.

Until Next time my friends, U know what to do:

STAY CREATIVE & KEEP ON PAINTING

FRESCO OUT;)

#coronavirus #socialdistancing #corollavirus #complicatedartman #abstractart #acrylicpainting #artlovers #artcollectors #artafficianado #floridaartist

SNEAK PEEK

COROLLAVIRUS/CORONAVIRUS/ACRYLIC & RESIN ABSTRACT ACTION PAINTING/$103,222.22 ROLL OF TOILET PAPER/RESIN FINISH/CENTRIFUGE SPUN LIVE BLOG W/UPDATES

ALFRED TORRES March 15, 2020

***UPDATE*** I AM PAYING A COMMISSION TO WHOMEVER HELPS GET CORROLLAVIRUS SOLD!

Well my friends…the COMPLICATEDARTMAN May have fried a noodle or two.

I’m gonna keep it simple: I have a roll of Charmin toilet paper and a painting for sale for $103,222.22 USD.

Why so many 2’s??? WELL WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO WITH TOILET PAPER… #DUH : Number 2. #2

By the way, if anybody cares to start an auction style bidding fest, my Venmo is @COMPLICATEDARTMAN

🎤 ⬇️

STAY CREATIVE MY FRIENDS & KEEP ON PAINTING

RETURN OF THE CREEPY BUNNY/CORONAVIRUS HYSTERIA COMES TO ORLANDO THEME PARKS/RESORT POOL BARTENDER/COROLLAVIRUS.

ALFRED TORRES March 14, 2020

Hi everyone! Thanks for visiting the C.A.M. blog. Hope you are doing well during this Coronavirus crisis.

I’m here to inform you that the creepy bunny has made it’s way into one of my upcoling videos on my Complicated Art Man YOU TUBE Channel. HOW EXCITING!

If you haven’t peeped my YT CHANNEL yet, please do so, and subscribe while you’re there. Thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9PZgp42O6w6qrge-QtQBBw

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC & MASS HYSTERIA has hit the ORLANDO THRMR PARKS. Universal & DISNEY have announced park shutdowns until the end of March—for now

Q: Why am I blogging about this?
A: Because I work at a Resort Pool Bar. That is how I make my B & B (bread & butter) —CASHOLA!
“slinging PINA COLADAS all day at the Bay” —Ya dog?

Guests keep asking what we are doing to protect ourselves….

All I can keep doing is washing my hands literally every few minutes while slinging those tropical cocktails. Maybe I’ll start wearing a balaclava or Joker themed face shield soon??? WHO KNOWS.

#KEEPWASHINGYOURHANDSPEOPLE

MOVING ON

THE GREEDY MOUSE

I do love the mouse. So please, don’t get me wrong. But even the king of all rats and animations needs to be checked every now and again.

I guess now is that time. #CORONAVIRUS

Looks like many families will be doing 2020 “SUMMER OF VERMONT” (insert any State you’re reading this from) this year.
STATE PARKS & ALL THE GD MUSEUMS!

Don’t even get me started on the #toiletpaper

It’s also an opportune moment, for me to post pictures of my holy trinity, “Musical Mickey” series

Musical Mickey Series

Rollin On the River, C.R.E.A.M., & Oh Mickey You’re so Fine.

Well my friends, that is all for now. Stay vigilant and keep washing your GD hands.

Hospitality industry peeps, here’s a few FRESCO’s TIPS for you:

stop touching your nose & face,
cough deep into your elbows
use sanitizer on money
and lastly, but certainly not least, KEEP WASHING YOUR GD HANDS!

All this toilet paper & CORONAVIRUS talk has inspired me to create a new painting… I think I’ll call it

THE COROLLAVIRUS…STAY TUNED.

COMPLICATEDARTMAN OUT!

AL-UMINU-MATI/PRACTICE PAINTING/CENTRIFUGE/POLLOCK STYLE/FLOWYACRYLIC/RESIN/ABSTRACT STARS EXPERIENCE

ALFRED TORRES March 8, 2020

It’s amazing how one art piece can propel your creative juices into a new direction. The painting above was created out of practicing some art exercises, over and over again. I didn’t even name it until just now, lol. I painted AL-UMINU-MATI mostly with aluminum foil crumpled up into a ball and two brushes. A script liner brush, and a small rounded brush. I finished the Star with a superthin coat of resin.
Nonetheless, AL-UMINU-MATI help me create five other drip acrylic action paintings.
I even created this centrifuge spinny thingy to splatter the flow acrylic paints across the canvas.

I poured the paint on top of the centrifuge apparatus and the result was a circular splatter pattern.

Which I have now dubbed a SPLATTERN .

SPLATTERN: an artistic art pattern created by a paint splatter. I created a splattern & I think I may have coined a new phrase.

SPECIAL AGENT ORANGE & YELLOW JACKET were painted in three* stages.

I primed the canvases with white acrylic
Painted the background colors in with a color washing blendy style
Action painted the flowy black acrylic al la Jackson Pollock, using a Betty Crocker mixing spatula
*YELLOWJACKET has a super thin coat of resin that I applied w/a shower squeegee.
This technique gave the background a brilliance effect.

SPIN SPIN SUGAR

“SPIN SPIN SUGAR”. For this 2️⃣❌4️⃣ foot beast, I used 3 flowy acrylic colors. Red White & Blue.

I poured the acrylic flow paints over the centrifuge to create the SPLATTERN. The natural color mixing created lavender, pink, & baby blues.

Added some water & Rain X in the center, to create a water color streaky effect. I also did some canvas rocking, back & forth to & fro 😂

Then spun the painting for about an hour on a lazy SUSAN. The spinning caused the watercolor streaks to expand across the canvas, giving the piece an added layer of depth.

I finished the art piece with a SPLATTERN of resin.

All of these paintings were inspired by the abstract art piece that didn’t even have a name before I started this blog. It has a name now. AL-UMINU-MATI

It’s never ceases to amaze me how one art piece creation can lead to many others…just by practicing art techniques when stuck in a creative funk.

Until next time my friends: U KNOW WHAT TO DO!

”STAY CREATIVE & KEEP ON PAINTING “

TGIF U WASCAWY WABBIT

ALFRED TORRES March 6, 2020

TGIF…that’s all I got to say about this blog

STAY CREATIVE AND KEEP ON PAINTING!

Neurological Complexities (AN ACTION DRIP PAINTING)

ALFRED TORRES March 2, 2020

HAPPY MONDAY TO YA! SPRING IS ALMOST HERE!

What a better way to jump into March than with a new painting technique I created with a spinning gear apparatus I invented… #humblebrag

My latest masterpiece is a 2’ x 3’ action pour painting.
Keeping the palette simple for now, with a red, white and blue theme.
🔴⚪️🔵
STAGE 1: I gave the canvas a color wash of white and blue with very light whispers of red. VERY LIGHT.

STAGE 2: I action poured the 3 colors separately over a spinning CD I taped onto a gear that spins manually. I physically kept the canvas spinning for over an hour. I did this in a clockwise manner for anyone keeping score lol.

STAGE 3: SPRAYED WATER TO THE PAINT ON THE CANVAS TO MAKE MORE FLUID, CREATING STREAKS. Then rocked the canvas in all kinds of directions for about 30 minutes.

STAGE 4: Once the acrylic dried, I applied a thin coat of clear resin to “finish” the painting. I used a bathroom spatula to spread the resin out across the canvas and onto the borders.

I let the resin cure naturally for 24 hours. I didn’t baby the curing process as I was not going for a perfect resin coating. I wanted the crater effect for this piece.

Until next time my friends:

“STAY CREATIVE & KEEP ON PAINTING”

SPIN SPIN SUGAR?

ALFRED TORRES February 27, 2020

Hey ya’ll hope you’ve been having a great creative year so far.
Here’s a little story I got to tell about a flowy drippy action painting that came from hell…well not really, but that rhymed…anyhow

I’ll make this blog quick:

PALETTE: SIMPLE. 🔴⚪️🔵

CANVAS: 3’ x 4’

SPIN EFFECT: Used a lazy SUSAN & spun the canvas for about 20 minutes.

I used a gear that I mounted onto a piece of wood, glued an old CD (Here Comes The Hot Stepper/Ini Kamoze) to the top, and dropped some super flowy paint onto the canvas.

For the substrate (background) I gave the canvas a wash with some watered down white and whisper touches of red & blue. This gave the painting depth & a dreamy background.

That’s all I’ve got for today-

“Stay Creative & Keep on Painting”

Complicatedartman Out-