Why

Why I Started Acrylic Pour Painting During the Pandemic

During the pandemic, my creative life split in two.

By day, I was deep in the corporate tech world—leading a graphic design team, supporting global communications, and helping steer visual messaging through a time when clarity really mattered. The work was fast, focused, and highly intentional. Every decision had a reason. Every design needed to align, scale, and perform.

I was creating constantly—but I wasn’t creating freely.

That’s when I found acrylic pour painting.

I didn’t start pouring paint with a big plan or artistic statement in mind. I started because I needed a creative outlet that didn’t involve strategy decks, feedback loops, or brand guidelines. I wanted to make something where the outcome wasn’t the point.

Acrylic pouring was the opposite of my day job in the best way. You can influence it, guide it, set things in motion—but at some point, you have to let go. The paint moves how it wants to move. Colors interact in ways you can’t fully predict. Accidents become features.

That loss of control was exactly what I needed.

After long days of leading, aligning, and problem-solving, pouring paint became a reset. It was tactile, physical, and intuitive. No screen. No brief. Just color, motion, and curiosity. Some pieces worked. Some didn’t. Both felt successful because the process itself was the reward.

What surprised me most was how much this practice fed back into my professional creativity. Playing with color and composition without rules sharpened my instincts. Letting go on canvas made it easier to embrace experimentation everywhere else. Pour painting reminded me that creativity doesn’t always have to solve something to be valuable.

What began as a way to keep my creative juices flowing during a strange, heavy moment turned into an ongoing part of my practice. It’s still where I go when I need to loosen up, recharge, and reconnect with why I make things in the first place.

This work lives somewhere between intention and chance—and that’s exactly where I like it.