Though I have been drawing and painting all my life, I have only recently decided to pursue art after decades in the sciences. Art, to me, has always been therapeutic. Drawing and painting is what I turned to when I needed to relieve stress, or when I needed to work on a problem without actively thinking about it. I've always felt that my creative side worked hand-in-hand with my analytical side, and I discovered this to be especially true when I discovered fluid art.
Fluid art may look like child’s play, but it isn’t. After watching dozens of videos, it’s very easy to become smug and say “I can do that”. But it’s a trap. I’ve seen fluid artists create magnificent works with lots of movement and soul, but all your attempts end in failure and frustration. I’ve been there, and I appreciated how challenging fluid art actually is. There’s a lot that goes into it to make something beautiful and meaningful come from it. Otherwise, you end up with failed creations that look like mud, without any kind of composition or structure.​​
So why "FuzzyFluidArt"? I, like many others, was taught to think that science and art belonged in two separate bins: art fell within the creative space, whereas science was analytical. But as I've always suspected, there is an art to science, and a lot of science in art. Trying to keep them separated only hinders creativity and logical thinking. They're meant to be complementary, so where the two meet—a metaphorical liminal space—is a transitional place, a grey area. Hence, FuzzyFluidArt: where art meets science.
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As a fluid artist, I deal mostly with acrylic paints but I've dabbled in alcohol inks and other fluid media. My background in chemistry has given me much insight into fluid dynamics, along with other concepts such as the roles density and surface tension play when working with various fluids, especially when taking the physical properties of fluids into consideration.
Approaching and using technical and scientific concepts through a different lens—as an artist, as opposed to a scientist—has broadened my understanding of art in a completely novel way. Needless to say, this has been an eye opening journey and I look forward to continuing to experiment as I delve further into this exciting art form.​​
