“My mesmerising fluid art creations are inspirational additions to any home or place of work. My work will captivate and draw you in, make you think and make you smile.”

Fluid Art Addict

My fluid art addiction began in 2019 when my daughter, Sam, sent me some images on her phone.

Sam lives in Grand Cayman, so we make up for not seeing each other by making full use of WhatsApp. In December of that year, Sam sent me some images of her own artwork and also a handmade Christmas card.  I was stunned and amazed - I had never seen anything quite like it before and was blown away.

Beautiful Fluid Art

She had become a very talented artist and had created some beautiful fluid art which flowed softly on the surface in a gorgeous colour palette - quite magical. I was bewitched...... and resolved to try it myself. 

Sam had lit a flame within me that year, and her examples of fluid art were the catalyst for my own adventure. Her inspirational work can be viewed, followed and purchased via Instagram @samantha_patrick_art

In January 2020 I gathered the essential kit, spent an inordinate amount of time on YouTube and the internet and began experimenting with various fluid art techniques.

Playing with potions, paints, pouring mediums and pigments is a complex affair with an abundance of different recipes, ratios, brands and techniques. No sooner had I acquired “the essential materials” for one method, another would beguile me necessitating yet more vital supplies.

Nothing is fair in love and fluid art

I had failure after failure and vowed to quit countless times – but I have determination (my husband would call it stubbornness), and an overriding will to succeed, so every day I would start again with renewed optimism.

The process is often more like alchemy than art – success comes not just with the choice of recipe ingredients but the proportions, consistencies, and the method employed to move the fluid on the surface.

Nothing is fixed and constant as new mediums and methods appear with astonishing regularity, so there is always more to explore in the realm of fluid art and more to learn. 

My Fluid Art Fix

After many weeks in my subterranean studio, I finally had an Ah Ha moment, I cannot describe the joy and euphoria. My fluid art addiction was complete

Since then it has taken over my life and my home. Thank goodness for my long-suffering and supportive husband who has been reduced to one feeble shelf for a rudimentary tool kit in what used to be the utility room! He complains endlessly but actually, he is my biggest fan.