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.
An American artist Christopher Kier is specialized
in encaustic painting.
Using beeswax from her own hives, artist Georgia Nassikas creates intriguing textures and layered surfaces
in her encaustic paintings.
Not exact matches
Holly's new - found passion for
encaustic painting and bee conservation became the catalyst to the next chapter
in her life.
Established
in 1988, the company manufactures
encaustic paints and pigment sticks.
The analysis revealed the molecular and elemental composition of the
paint and the medium used to bind the
paint: The scientists discovered that the
painting was made using
encaustic — a technique that uses a mixture of pigment and melted beeswax that is «burned
in» on a wooden base.
360 - degree exhibition of
Encaustic Wax technique
paintings, set
in three settings.
I began
painting in encaustic and Loved it.
Self - taught
in wax
encaustic, Memphis based artist Mary Long has been
painting with this medium almost exclusively for the past decade.
Subsequently, this inspired him to create The Flag, a
painting in encaustic — this classical technique has its roots
in ancient Egypt and it is based on mixing pigments with melted wax.
Over the course of her career, Mary Frank has worked
in sculpture,
painting, drawing, printmaking and recently
encaustic and photography, suggesting that her primary loyalty is not to a particular way of working or to any medium, but rather to the power of direct expression and to the act of creation itself.
TAG currently has nine members including artists working
in the following media:
painting,
encaustic, jewelry, and ceramics.
«The ancient, labor - intensive process of
encaustic painting has come a long way since art historian H.W. Janson,
in 1941, declared it an «almost forgotten medium.»
Four of the
paintings in the show are
encaustic on newspaper; Johns revives the ancient technique of wax -
painting in a way that again calls attention to the surface, which is both veined and suave, almost like skin over membrane, rather than harsh and rough like the surfaces of the abstract expressionists (or for that matter, Rauschenberg's surfaces).
According to Long - Postal, the wax
encaustic technique allows her to explore her
paintings in a more tactile way by selectively scraping, incising, and scarring, which brings to the works elements that are both solid and transparent.
The piece, which consists of a flag collaged on canvas and
painted over with
encaustic, has been
in the collection of Johns's assistant, the artist Mark Lancaster, since its creation
in 1983.
I
paint primarily
in encaustic, and
encaustic requires elevated temperatures — hotplates to melt the wax, a heatgun to fuse the layers of
paint once they are laid down.
«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.
Here is an artist who's making hard - edge
paintings with a soft material, oil and wax
in an
encaustic - like mix, and making it work.
Once I got over trying to make an «
encaustic painting»
in plastic and gave into the idea that I was making an acrylic
painting, I got into the process.
He began his first
painting in enamel but soon changed to
encaustic, building richly textured surfaces.
Abstract
encaustic painting on wood panel of beige spurge leaves
in a decorative arrangement on white 14 x 14 inches This modern abstract
encaustic painting by Allyson Levy is made...
The display is arranged thematically, to show the full range of Johns» materials, motifs and techniques including his unique use of
encaustic and collage
in paintings, as well as the innovations he has achieved
in sculpture and the graphic arts by expanding the possibilities of traditional media.
In her second show at Cumberland Gallery, Raphaëlle Goethals presents a recent series of signature large scale
encaustic paintings.
Raphaelle Goethals and John Henry exhibit
in their second feature shows at Cumberland Gallery signature work, respectively large scale
encaustic paintings and metal sculpture.
Tracy Spadafora's «Code Green» is a 12 x 12 inch mixed media
encaustic painting in green, black and white from her series «DNA Islands».
If you're
in the Boston area, check out Joanne's lushly - colored,
encaustic - on - panel
paintings, which are even more seductive than the online jpegs.
Her
paintings have been featured
in two international
encaustic biennial exhibitions and she has exhibited widely.
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.
(born 1938, Bronxville, New York, USA)
in his earliest mature works explored a reductive strategy which seemed similar to that of Jasper Johns's and Ellsworth Kelly's contemporaneous works, yet more formalist:
paintings such as Return 1 consist of subtly grey fields
painted in encaustic (wax - medium) with a narrow strip along the bottom of the canvas where Marden left bare evidence of process (i.e., drips and spatters of
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 ″.
Having graduated with a B.F.A.
in drawing, oil
painting and photography, she continued her studies
in a variety of media including fresco, egg tempera, digital embroidery and
encaustic.
With a degree
in Elementary Education she has taught art professionally
in the classroom and continues to teach art workshops
in the greater St. Louis area and around the U.S. Largely self - taught
in a variety of mixed media techniques, Julie has studied
encaustic intensively since 2004 and is a Core Support Instructor for R&F Handmade
Paints.
From left: a grid of nine of my Silk Road
paintings, each 12 x 12 inches,
encaustic on panel (I showed earlier work from this series
in a small solo show at the gallery last year); Uttar 238,
encaustic on panel, 36 x 36 inches; an assembled work on paper by Siri Berg
In Boghiguian's work, the palimpsest of memory takes physical form as a rough accumulation that thickens the surface of her
paintings with
encaustic, pigment, salt, collage and non-specic debris.
Abstract
encaustic painting on wood panel
in green and blue earth ones.
Abstract
encaustic painting on wood panel of beige spurge leaves
in a decorative arrangement on white 14 x 14 inches This modern abstract
encaustic painting by Allyson Levy is made wi...
Abstract,
encaustic painting on wood panel
in white floater frame 12 x 12 x 2.5 inches framed James O'Shea has been praised for years for his work as a colorist, producing layer upo...
Kay Hartung's «Bio Fusion 12» is a 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch abstract representation of microscopic forms
painted in encaustic and pastel with embedded threads.
Abstract
encaustic painting on panel of beige spurge leaves
in a decorative arrangement on white 14 x 14 inches This modern abstract
encaustic painting by Allyson Levy is made with as...
The pleasures of minimal clarity combined with the powers of pure color are represented by the reductive
encaustic work of Gail Gregg, Don Voisine's
painting with its shifting bright planes, and
in James Juszczyk's subtle tonal gradations.
Including RC prints on panel, hand
painted and layered with
encaustic, photogravures and sculptures, The Architect's Brother is the first exhibition
in depth
in New York of their works, at the Jack Shainman Gallery.
Encaustic Works: Nuance is an exhibition
in print curated by artist, Michelle Stuart, published by R&F Handmade
Paints.
Also
in 2015, the artist and her work were included
in the books Embracing
Encaustic: Mixing Media and Art Students League of New York on
Painting: Lessons and Meditations on Mediums, Styles, and Methods.
This exhibition celebrates the release of
Encaustic Works 2012: A Biennial Exhibition
in Print selected by Joanne Mattera and published by R&F Handmade
Paints.
Inspired by the Sumi brush
paintings of Zen masters, this recent body of 2 dimensional
encaustic works are an attempt to capture movement: fluid, gestural, spontaneous, whole body movement, as
in a dance.
His use of
encaustic, with its physicality, impasto and transparencies, allows him to create figurative works
in which the gesture, the actual act of
painting, is just as important and meaningful as the depicted subject.
In her paintings, Jodi uses common materials in the layers of encaustic (molten beeswax) paint to create beautiful, rich surfaces that explore the opacity and translucency of each paintin
In her
paintings, Jodi uses common materials
in the layers of encaustic (molten beeswax) paint to create beautiful, rich surfaces that explore the opacity and translucency of each paintin
in the layers of
encaustic (molten beeswax)
paint to create beautiful, rich surfaces that explore the opacity and translucency of each
painting.
Born
in Ecuador to Chinese parents, Cecile Chong portrays cross-cultural narratives using
encaustic and mixed media with imagery appropriated from international sources, such as European children's books and Chinese scroll
painting.
This exhibit merges new technologies and materials
in printmaking with oil
paint, gouache, flashe, and the ancient art of
encaustic.