Tahoe Fluid Art by Megan Smith

All the stages of my life can be defined by the body of water I was boating and swimming in. As a child the desert waters of the Colorado River and Lake Mohave, Arizona. College days the Pacific Ocean, the coast of South Orange County, and Malibu, California. Early adulthood, Lake Washington, while living in a suburb of Seattle, Washington. The last 20+ years of my life being on Lake Tahoe, one of the most wondrous bodies of water in the world. I'm grateful that the randomness of life had me end up on Lake Tahoe.

I've always painted, but when I started fluid art my love of the fluidity of being on the water was married to creating original artworks. I create all my own custom iridescent paints. I love creating custom jewel-tone iridescent paints, then pouring and manipulating them on the wood.

I enjoy the surprise of how each piece takes on its own flow, a life of its own, and how it can never be reproduced the same again. Every piece is an original.  For me, fluid art is much like life on canvas, a mix of chemistry, color, a blend of experiences, ever-changing until the final resin is torched on top and brings it all together.

Just like the sun changes the colors of Lake Tahoe, the custom iridescent paints that I mix experience the same benefit from light. The brighter the light, the more they come alive! The light dances through the colors and shows itself differently at each angle the piece is viewed from. Just like Lake Tahoe, ever-changing jewel tones invite you to relax and enjoy the view.

I hope my art provides an escape into a piece of fluidity that removes some of the gravity of life.

Escape into fluidity, dive in!

My husband, Todd Smith manages all of the woodwork for our pieces and he does all the finishing work. It's a team effort! I'm very grateful to have such a great partner in life, and in art.