The multimedia artist uses acrylic paint to tell the stories that she’s lived and witnessed.

“Black Monolith I (A Tribute to James Baldwin)” (1988) might seem like a mix of street detritus—metal tread plates adhered to the paint surface. But in fact, Whitten molded these forms in acrylic ...

The styles and mediums range from watercolor, acrylic and oil to fluid acrylic (where the paint is poured on to canvas and then ... literally scratching away the black paint coating with an ...

Narrator: This artist makes paintings by spinning the canvas on a drill. Johnny Q attaches a blank canvas to a power drill. He pours acrylic paint on the canvas...Then spins the painting with the ...

Unprimed canvas has not been coated. Primed canvas accepts the paint more easily. Gesso and acrylic primer come in jars, tubes, squeezable bottles or spray cans. Different primers give canvases ...