Initially most of this series had a lot of chaotic detail, such as in the previous post, Metallic Flow #4. I like a messy arrangement of many small details. I made several, and even though each was quite different from the others, they felt too similar. I cut a dozen completed images from the series for that reason.

This one and the next, similar to the first Metallic Flow #1, has much lower density.

I snuck in a few extra colors here.

I overlaid blue/white on this one.

This series features mostly gold and silver palettes with frozen flow and turbulence.

My year in art, part 6.

I have described two operating modes. One is experimental freedom, just do something and see where it goes. The other is setting some rules and boundaries and then explore that limited space in detail. I like both, not at the same time, I bounce between them. The current series, Lazy Nights, is solidly in the "rules" camp.

This site has been around for over 25 years. The last full reset was in 2019. In the last 4.5 years I put together 42 different series. (Wordpress calls them categories.) There is a wide range of free rein series and rule based series. As I look over the history, I like the rule based, bounded, series better. I have several ideas I hope to explore for future rule based series.

OK, too much talking. I have about ten more pictures planned for this series. I will be posting them with little or no comment.

My year in art, part 5.

I started the Workshop 202306 series in June. Workshop was a cross between the wild freedom of the Experiment series and the rule-limited Rectangles series.

My intention in Workshop was to isolate different 'features', then experiment with slight variations. And in some cases try different ways to combine different features. So Workshop is more goal oriented than the Experiment series, but it keeps the no-boundaries, follow wherever it leads attitude.

Next came the Curve Textures series, which stated as a focused study from some Workshop items. And then quickly diverged in wild directions.

Mish Mash Rush came out in August. As explained in the introduction there, I was pressed for time and needed to queue up a month's worth of posts for an extended period away. The blog software lets me create posts ahead or time and schedule the publication date. Mish-Mash consists mainly of archived, unpublished pieces that I was saving for future series. I dusted them off, cleaned them up, made some minor tweaks and finished and published them.