Encaustic paint is a type of paint that is made of beeswax mixed with pigments. It is melted and applied hot to create colorful and textured artworks.
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Currently the body of work she is creating focuses on the experimentation
of encaustic painting with mixed media.
Abstract
encaustic painting on wood panel in earth green tones created by Hudson Valley based artist, James O'Shea in 2017.
Bill Lowe Gallery presents Reprieve: The Gospel of Beauty, a solo exhibition of new photographic
encaustic paintings by Atlanta's most beloved female artist, Maggie Hasbrouck.
The results are sumptuous
abstract encaustic paintings that utilize a minimal color palette and repetitive imagery, thick layers of translucent and opaque wax, paper prepared with batik markings and hand rubbed oil stick combined to create multi dimensional panels.
Impersonal in subject yet tenderly executed
in encaustic paint or lithographic tusche, in pencil, ink or lead relief, these symbols simultaneously entice and resist the viewer.
Holly's new - found passion
for encaustic painting and bee conservation became the catalyst to the next chapter in her life.
R&F's Founder Richard Frumess began making
encaustic paint as a painter simply to support his own artistic practice and to ensure that ready - made encaustic was kept in production at a time when there were no commercial manufacturers.
Tracy Spadafora's painting, Landmark 3, is a mixed
media encaustic painting on braced birch wood panel, measuring 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches.
The show includes
encaustic paintings from several different bodies of Greene's work, and include ethereal landscapes and color fields as well as many box - shaped, dimensional works.
Masino
creates encaustic paintings where the richness, sensuality and versatility of the medium echo a minimal and contemplative imagery.
In her second show at Cumberland Gallery, Raphaëlle Goethals presents a recent series of signature large
scale encaustic paintings.
Los Angeles artist Adam Nisenson
uses encaustic paint and pages from books to create subtly nuanced scenes of trees juxtaposed with text.
Tres Memoria, which you see here, represents one of Lynda Benglis's smooth - surfaced
encaustic paintings executed on narrow, vertical supports using multicoloured liquid wax in even brush strokes, which she then manipulated with a blow torch to obtain a marbleized color effect.
She authored a book about her signature process, encaustic and oil on custom handmade paper forms, Wax and Paper Workshop (North Light Press, 2012) and two instructional videos demonstrating
encaustic painting process.
Beth: I am a self taught artist who
discovered encaustic painting after years of exploring and experimenting with color and texture in a variety of mediums.
«It's a great way for folks to meet local artists and learn about their techniques,» says Hubacher, who will be demonstrating the art of
encaustic painting at 3 p.m. during each day of the Studio Tour.
«Mattera's
encaustic paintings involve pouring layers of pigmented wax one over the next, building up and scraping away to create pieces of brilliant color that catch the light in surprising ways.
The text background, DNA code, is collaged onto the panel and covered with many layers of transparent
red encaustic paint.
Since learning this technique in early 2011 from Enrique Mustelier of Dutch Touch Arts, Nicholas Clements has made
many encaustic paintings ranging in sizes from 4 ″ x7 ″ to 36 ″ x40 ″.
Kim Bernard makes sculpture, installations and
encaustic paintings which she exhibits widely at venues including the Portland Museum of Art, Currier Museum of Art, Fuller Craft Museum, Colby College Museum of Art, Art Complex Museum, Saco Museum and UNH Museum of Art.
A graduate of the Minnesota College of Art and Design, Jodi
teaches encaustic painting, and actively exhibits throughout Minnesota and the U.S.
During her CBA residency, Cecile created several stunning books, including an edition of letterpress printed carousel books, a carousel book made from repurposed book jackets, and
encaustic painted books with marbled - paper covers.
So exactly proportioned you could almost mistake it for an actual flag, until you see the
thick encaustic paint layered with scraps of newspaper.
This recent body of work encompasses both large oil and
small encaustic paintings as well as a group of more that fifty portrait drawings - some started years earlier and many drawn within the last five years.
Tracy Spadafora's painting, Landmark I, is a mixed
media encaustic painting on braced birch wood panel, measuring 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches.
Raphaelle Goethals and John Henry exhibit in their second feature shows at Cumberland Gallery signature work, respectively large
scale encaustic paintings and metal sculpture.
The Gallery space is housed within the factory of R&F Handmade Paints, which is one of the few manufacturers
of encaustic paint in the world.
As a general guideline, grounds
for encaustic painting must be absorbent, so acrylic gessoes are not recommended.
Swirling linear shapes weave in and out of space, surrounding a hollow interior and echoing the movement and energy of Armstrong's
encaustic painted work.
Her initial path led her on an artistic journey, shaped by several types of artistic media and she eventually found herself gravitating towards painting with beeswax (the art of
encaustic painting).
Her encaustic paintings explore home as a personal narrative by examining our connections to our surroundings, to one another and to the natural world.
Artist Paula Blackwell creates «mysterious atmospheres» in
her encaustic paintings of landscapes...
Encaustic painting on wood panel by Paula Blackwell.
Wax or
encaustic painting is a unique method of painting that involves working with pigmented heated wax.
Visitors weaving between Armstrong's plaster vessels and a new suite of
encaustic paintings might miss a part of the big picture if they don't look up.