Starting block one - final stretch... learning slowly how to smear with acrylics!

I am slowly getting comfortable making expressive marks with thick acrylics (colors extended with gel medium). This one is likely to make people back off 100 yards at first glance. It was my objective!

Owing to the use of heavier bodied paint, I saw for the first time a link between painting and sculpturing... somewhat of a leap from fluid watercolors and Chinese black ink. An ideal for me would be to leverage both fluidity (flowing paint) and solidity (impasto) in my paintings.

Note: In retrospect, in the final version, the "ICS" had to disappear to avoid any distraction from the main subject.