Encaustics - Beeswax and pure pigment on board
Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, is heated beeswax infused with a small amount of damar resin, layered with pure pigments on a specially prepared surface...
Tree of Life" encaustic on board, size 5x7 and 24x 18 inches
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"One Little Flower" (detail) encaustic on board, size 5x7 and 24x 18 inches
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"Planet Echoes" encaustic on board, size 4x6
SOLD
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"Hedy's Song" encaustic on board, size 4x6 to 24x18 inches to order
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"Many Paths" encaustic on board, size 6x4-inches on wood panel. SOLD
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"A Little Piece of Sunshine" 8x8-inches wood panel
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"Catch The Wind" encaustic on board, size 8x6-inches on wood panel
If you are interested in seeing more encaustic pieces, you can make an appointment to visit my studio is see the full set of encaustic series. Commissions accepted.
Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, is heated beeswax infused with a small amount of damar resin, layered with pure pigments on a specially prepared surface. Metal tools and certain brushes can be used to shape the paint before it cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax once it has cooled onto the surface.
Encaustics were first used around 100–300 AD for Egyptian mummy portraits. At that time they used the sun to melt and work with the wax and resin. Today, tools such as butane torches, heat guns, and other methods of applying heat give us extended time to work. Because wax is used as the pigment binder, encaustics can be sculpted as well as painted. Other materials can be encased or collaged into the surface, or layered into the artwork.
Encaustics were first used around 100–300 AD for Egyptian mummy portraits. At that time they used the sun to melt and work with the wax and resin. Today, tools such as butane torches, heat guns, and other methods of applying heat give us extended time to work. Because wax is used as the pigment binder, encaustics can be sculpted as well as painted. Other materials can be encased or collaged into the surface, or layered into the artwork.
