Complete Your Home or Business Decor with Custom Fluid Art
Frustrated with a Disjointed Room of Your Home?
Are you...
- Looking for an anchor piece to create a space in your home?
- Looking for an accent piece to complete a look in your office at work?
- Trying to find a collection of art to tie your home or business together?
The process of finding the right piece can be fraught with frustration and can become a major time waster for people who are already leading busy lives.
Many people get overwhelmed with the number of choices that come with a custom piece. Here are just a few we consider together:
- Color palette
- Size and number of pieces
- Graphics & Inspirational words to include
- Whether or not to personalize the piece
- Style
Complete That Room with an Original Piece of Fluid Art
We can help with you to find and complete your vision for your home or business!
At Kristi Callahan Art, our goal is to create artwork that moves, inspires and conveys YOUR personality. To do this, we use fluid art techniques with a broad range of colors.
Due to the nature of fluid art, all artwork is one of a kind. We are currently not making prints, so every piece is truly unique.
We would like nothing more than to collaborate with you to complete YOUR vision for your space.
Meet Kristi Callahan
Abstract Fluid Artist
Kristi Callahan has been creating since age 12 when her parents gave her a rubber stamp and ink for Christmas. Over 45 years later she is still creating. Some areas of interest in her creative journey include designing for multiple companies in the creative community along with owning her own retail store. One thing her customers/clients have always stated, Kristi’s product knowledge is on point. Knowing the correct product for the project is still of utmost importance.
Kristi now uses her knowledge and use of colors to take her art off the page and onto the canvas. The uniqueness of her fluid art is key to her success. The common comment from people is getting the colors and vision just right. Kristi can create unique, one-of-a-kind art for her customers using all of her many years of experience.
Customers can be confident that her art will match the décor in your home or office. She is always able to add a hint of sparkle or shimmer if needed.
Kristi lives in Decatur, TX with her husband Scot.
Kristi Callahan
Abstract Fluid Artist
From Fans of Kristi's Fluid Art
Casey July
Kristi's artwork brings me joy every time I look at it! I love the colors, the depth, and the sheen of the custom painting she made for me. I needed a custom piece on the smaller side, and the vibrant pop the painting gives my space is bright, cheery, and filling. She listened to my color choices, shared her progress along the way, and went out of her way to find a convenient delivery time and place. I highly recommend her!
Kim Nestle
While sitting at home on maternity leave, I decided to redo our living room. I couldn’t find anything that matched the colors I chose, so I reached out to Kristi after seeing a few of her designs. I gave her my colors and favorite quote, and the piece she created brought our whole living room together! Everyone that visits complements it. I couldn’t love it more!
Brittney Holleman
Kristi was great to work with! She took my saying and added it to a beautiful piece she created. She asked me about colors, style, etc. until she knew just what to create. She was very patient in editing it until it looked the way I wanted. It came out perfect and I couldn’t be happier! I highly recommend her as an artist for your creation!
Carrie Steedman
"I had been searching for art pieces that match my decor when I came across Kristi Callahan. I commissioned Kristi to do a piece for my bedroom and could not be more in love with the final product. Not only did Kristi listen to my needs and wants, but she picked up my personality and style. She created a beautiful masterpiece for my bedroom."
Jennifer Stewart Johnson
"Kristi is a talented artist who is skilled in many different art mediums. Her commissioned pieces reflect the personal connection she makes with her clients while also displaying her unique art style. Kristi is not afraid to experiment with her art and is always pushing herself to grow as an artist!"
Kelsey Lepley
Frequently Asked Questions
What questions do you have for me? Here are just a few questions people like you ask me over and over again.
Create a customized piece of fluid art with Kristi Callahan!
You are just one step away from beginning the process of creating a piece of fluid art for your home or business. Reach out to Kristi and explore how you can complete a room (or two) with fluid art!
What Is Fluid Art?
Fluid painting is a fun art technique that uses thin paints to create one of a kind pieces without traditional brushwork. Paint is applied to a canvas by pouring, sprinkling, or other dynamic methods.
Fluid art was discovered by the Mexican muralist David Alfredo Siqueiros. We say "discovered" because, as opposed to a meticulous and deliberate effort, Fluid Art was Siqueiros’ personal happy accident on canvas.
Thank goodness for his artistic spirit that spilled paint did not become spilled milk. The complex, fluid patterns the paint had created on the canvas mesmerized Sequeiros. Soon enough, he was trying to decode the science behind the easy-to-make marbled masterpiece.
In fluid art, it's important to create different layers with paints when pouring them. Simply splattering paints on canvas does not really lead to fluid painting!
The Two Primary Elements of Fluid Art
Color Palette
A specific character of fluid art is that despite patterns that cover the whole canvas, colors and the way they play on the canvas stand out. The combination should be aesthetically pleasing. The colour wheel and basic colour theory is how artists choose their hues for pour painting. The way is simple- if you want to derive your colours from the same color palette, choose colors that are immediately next to your chosen hue. For contrast, choose a light colour and a dark one. Popular pairings are black and white, purple and yellow, red and green. You can also experiment with cool palettes and warm palettes.
Viscosity
Viscosity refers to the resistance of a fluid to change shape. What may be easier to remember is simply a fluid's thickness. Viscous paints determine the texture of paintings. Each medium will cause a different level of consistency and thickness of paints — water, oil, silicone, heat, linseed oil, or turpentine.
While paint viscosity may feel like something that is out of your control, fluid artists use viscosity to their advantage. As with art, you may have accidents; but it is up to you to turn it into a happy one. Lay your paints deliberately. Think about why you’re laying the paint at a particular point- and why one layer is on the top of the other.
