How To Paint in Reverse

Kris Cahill, reverse painter, works with acrylic paint on a vinyl canvas to create an original work in 2:08 minutes!

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Film & Animation

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• reverse
• painting
• hi
• speed
• art
• unique
• vinyl
• music

[ReversePainter]

You can use any clear vinyl. Acrylic paint is best, and remember to tell them it will not come off their clothes! :))

[antukomik]

where's the 'how'?

[ReversePainter]

Um, it's supposed to be funny.

[antukomik]

ow... i was the joke then.. haha....

nyway the transparent material ... what is it?

[ReversePainter]

It is clear vinyl, on a plexiglass support.

[TheTetractys]

Hi Kris! The first time I saw this technique was when I visited a University in Dayton, Ohio with a group as guest art critics and one of the professors/artists invited us up to his studio and we drank beer and chatted about painting. I can't recall the artist's name, but I recall a number of his paintings involved lizards on an abstract background.

I still remember doing that reverse painting on the window in our kitchen downstairs from you, too... :p

[ReversePainter]

Hi Greg, nice to hear from you. How are you these days? Thanks for your comments!

I began painting on vinyl in reverse in 1980, while still in school at SAIC. My first paintings were made in this technique in 1990, after years of making fashion and objects, some of them with this method too. To date I've made over 1000 paintings this way, and continue to love this technique.

Thanks again,

Kris

[learningsfun4us]

What kind of vinyl are you using for the ground? Is there a special kind that is best? Would sure like to try it with my High School students....;-)

[Huskycheerleading]

wow!

very good!

[Superduck777]

wow. I'm no good at painting, but I'd like to get that good at fiddle some day. Anyways, very nice job.