Mixed Media Artist

I work primarily in acrylics and collage.I use collage and beewax in my assemblage works and am now completing several shrines using found objects. I have been experimenting with encaustic collage and have found the medium very challenging. The paint is a combination of melted beeswax and pigment. A small amount of damar resin is added for hardness. I mix these paints myself and while painting all custom colors are mixed directly on a hot palette.
I will share my progress with this exciting medium with photos of work in progress and finished pieces.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Working in Wax

Looking at art has become an obsession with me lately and these encaustic pieces have caught my eye so I will share:




Semiotics
16" x 16"
Jann Gougeon


I find the composition in this work beautiful and the way she has juxtaposed the symbols a perfect contrast to the grid like background.




8" x 16"
Mary Philpot


For artists that love to draw, the beeswax medium works so well for detail. A sharp stylus, needle, nail or awl is used to incise the surface. Oil sticks or oil paint is then rubbed into the scratched surface. The result is amazing fine line work.



Not That Fragile
6" x 6"
Mary Black



Encaustic with collage always works for me. So much to look at and contemplate.


Dunkel
Mark Perlman



Another colorful approach to painting with beeswax. A very nice geometric design.