Michael Gerra | Intentional Accidents Art Studio

Another organic and dynamic artwork. This one is 16×40 and 1.5 inches deep, 12 oz stretched canvas on custom built stretcher bars. I layered this first with some base colors: a pale greenish-blue, paynes grey and an indian yellow. Then I poured some vivid cooler (mostly) hues over the top: dark greenish-blue, manganese blue phthalo, dark burnt orange and a pale titanate yellow. The paints were just the right consistency and transparency to keep ribbons of color distinct all the while creating lots of organic cells from the interplay of the layers.

How might it look on a wall?

The Open Studios 2026 Tour preview is now open! Visit until November 30, 2026, at the Canyon Galley, Boulder Public Library in downtown Boulder (Canyon Road).

I completed this acrylic ink artwork in September 2026. It’s now on display at the Open Studios 2026 Tour preview exhibit at the Canyon Galley, Boulder Public Library (on Canyon Road, Boulder).

Acrylic ink is highly pigmented, low viscosity paint and when watered down it behaves much like watercolor. For this artwork, I placed each ribbon of color separately using a wet-on-wet technique, let it dry and then repeated the process. While this method is still very much fluid art it allows for much more intentionality.

It’s baaack! The 2026 Open Studios Tour across Boulder County is here. It runs during the first 2 weekends of October, October 3rd & 4th and 10th & 11th — noon to 5pm each day.

More details on the Open Studios Tour, here.