Michael R. Barrick
@mbarrick.com
The timelapse. I changed how I make these with this one, so there are a few glitches. I don't really pay attention to time while I'm painting other than mornings when I have to stop to get to work. Actual painting time in this one was about 24 hours
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November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The timelapse. I changed how I make these with this one, so there are a few glitches. I don't really pay attention to time while I'm painting other than mornings when I have to stop to get to work. Actual painting time in this one was about 24 hours
#artwork #art #acrylic #painting #acrylicpainting
#artwork #art #acrylic #painting #acrylicpainting
More colour.
I have a tendency to talk more about the "what" over the "why" with my painting. It's not without critical content. Like why acrylics over oils? One reason is they are an inherently post-war, industrial, material-science creation.
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I have a tendency to talk more about the "what" over the "why" with my painting. It's not without critical content. Like why acrylics over oils? One reason is they are an inherently post-war, industrial, material-science creation.
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #painting
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
More colour.
I have a tendency to talk more about the "what" over the "why" with my painting. It's not without critical content. Like why acrylics over oils? One reason is they are an inherently post-war, industrial, material-science creation.
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #painting
I have a tendency to talk more about the "what" over the "why" with my painting. It's not without critical content. Like why acrylics over oils? One reason is they are an inherently post-war, industrial, material-science creation.
#acrylic #acrylicpainting #painting
This morning's little bit of progress before I need to herd the cats for a vet visit. #acrylic #acrylicpainting #painting
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This morning's little bit of progress before I need to herd the cats for a vet visit. #acrylic #acrylicpainting #painting
This is something I haven't tried before: doing the hair with a grisaille and a glaze rather than alla prima and impasto. 10 minutes of painting after hours of fretting—the other part of the process no one talks about. #acrylic #acrylicpainting #painting #process
October 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This is something I haven't tried before: doing the hair with a grisaille and a glaze rather than alla prima and impasto. 10 minutes of painting after hours of fretting—the other part of the process no one talks about. #acrylic #acrylicpainting #painting #process
I think I am happy enough with the grisaille on the face to move on to other parts of this painting. And yes, it's not technically a grisaille because it is actually phthalocyanine blue instead of a black, but there is a reason for that. #painting #acrylicpainting #acrylic
October 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I think I am happy enough with the grisaille on the face to move on to other parts of this painting. And yes, it's not technically a grisaille because it is actually phthalocyanine blue instead of a black, but there is a reason for that. #painting #acrylicpainting #acrylic
The likeness is starting to come together. Starting. I'm so dreadfully slow. These in-progress pictures are part of the process now. I often notice things that I wasn't seeing until I sit back and pick up the phone.
#acrylic #painting #acrylicpainting
#acrylic #painting #acrylicpainting
October 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The likeness is starting to come together. Starting. I'm so dreadfully slow. These in-progress pictures are part of the process now. I often notice things that I wasn't seeing until I sit back and pick up the phone.
#acrylic #painting #acrylicpainting
#acrylic #painting #acrylicpainting
The time lapse on this one is going to suck. The idea was that the armature wouldn't move relative to the painting. The problem is that the cheap camera I got for pandemic meetings 5 years ago refuses to stay put. I put some tape on it today to hold it, but I may just need a better one
September 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The time lapse on this one is going to suck. The idea was that the armature wouldn't move relative to the painting. The problem is that the cheap camera I got for pandemic meetings 5 years ago refuses to stay put. I put some tape on it today to hold it, but I may just need a better one
It took me while to settle on what I was going to try this time. #painting #acrylicpainting
August 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It took me while to settle on what I was going to try this time. #painting #acrylicpainting
The only way to make an English-language social media site that isn't a dumpster fire is to block users from the United States
June 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The only way to make an English-language social media site that isn't a dumpster fire is to block users from the United States
And now the time lapse. I don't actually know how long these take until I make these. Turns out there was about nine hours of actual painting in this one, which happened across two months. #timelapse #painting #acrylicpainting #artwork #boriskarloff
May 31, 2025 at 9:44 PM
And now the time lapse. I don't actually know how long these take until I make these. Turns out there was about nine hours of actual painting in this one, which happened across two months. #timelapse #painting #acrylicpainting #artwork #boriskarloff
The professional photo with proper colour and controlled reflections, with a reminder that it's painted on literal garbage.
May 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The professional photo with proper colour and controlled reflections, with a reminder that it's painted on literal garbage.
Now it's varnished and there won't be any more changes. This started with seeing a live production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"
May 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Now it's varnished and there won't be any more changes. This started with seeing a live production of "Arsenic and Old Lace"
It's alive!
Varnish, decent not-cellphone picture, and time-lapse to coming soon.
Varnish, decent not-cellphone picture, and time-lapse to coming soon.
May 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It's alive!
Varnish, decent not-cellphone picture, and time-lapse to coming soon.
Varnish, decent not-cellphone picture, and time-lapse to coming soon.
This pulls a few things together. Feels absurd gilding a grocery bag, even if it is only really cheap brass.
May 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This pulls a few things together. Feels absurd gilding a grocery bag, even if it is only really cheap brass.
Wish I had more time today. There's always tomorrow, until there isn't.
May 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Wish I had more time today. There's always tomorrow, until there isn't.
Tweaking a few shadows.
May 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Tweaking a few shadows.
The answer I chose to the question in my last update was "clothes."
May 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The answer I chose to the question in my last update was "clothes."
Clothes, gilding, eyes—which first?
May 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Clothes, gilding, eyes—which first?
Flirting with mimesis, trying not to overstep. Critical content is on the other side of the dancefloor, wondering WTF is wrong with me
May 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Flirting with mimesis, trying not to overstep. Critical content is on the other side of the dancefloor, wondering WTF is wrong with me
Looking a little more human. It'll be a few more layers like this before he'll quite have to glow I'm going for. And of course I am completely improvising the colour.
May 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Looking a little more human. It'll be a few more layers like this before he'll quite have to glow I'm going for. And of course I am completely improvising the colour.
I'm reasonably happy with it at this point. As with some previous ones, that the reference photo was taken with multiple light sources is messing with my head a bit.
May 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I'm reasonably happy with it at this point. As with some previous ones, that the reference photo was taken with multiple light sources is messing with my head a bit.
Today's stabs. In other news, Jeebus H. Farnsworth the music on CBC FM is garbage this morning.
May 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today's stabs. In other news, Jeebus H. Farnsworth the music on CBC FM is garbage this morning.
Getting medieval with pigments and materials that haven't even been around for a whole century. I was going down this path up until about 20 years ago when I got detoured. These garbage-paper exercises feel like progress. Maybe by the time I retire I'll be able to pull-off what I imagined in my 20s.
May 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Getting medieval with pigments and materials that haven't even been around for a whole century. I was going down this path up until about 20 years ago when I got detoured. These garbage-paper exercises feel like progress. Maybe by the time I retire I'll be able to pull-off what I imagined in my 20s.
This has come up at work where we are currently displaying a scent-based work with scented canvases. Turns out I am the only one that has heard the term "canvas sniffer" to refer to an art gallery patron that gets in close to artwork to look at fine details. Is it not common or just archaic?
May 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This has come up at work where we are currently displaying a scent-based work with scented canvases. Turns out I am the only one that has heard the term "canvas sniffer" to refer to an art gallery patron that gets in close to artwork to look at fine details. Is it not common or just archaic?