Touch This!

Original 43" x 28"

detail

This is a painting I did for an upcoming group show of artwork that is meant to be touched.

I thought about my first experience visiting an art museum as a child when I reached out to touch some blobs of paint and was immediately reprimanded by a guard.

So I made this piece, which is meant to be touched and even peeled away. (I love the sensation of peeling hardened acrylic paint of my paint palette.) I used cheap acrylic paints, puff paints, and I mixed all my old acrylics into some gloss medium. There's also some glitter on there, and the canvas I spray painted silver. I hope everyone will tear it to pieces.