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| "Long Ago and Far Away" encaustic on panel, 2014 |
Showing posts with label encaustic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label encaustic. Show all posts
Friday, January 31, 2014
Friday, May 10, 2013
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Organized Chaos
“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.”
― Mary Shelley
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Silence
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| "Silence Will Serve" encaustic altered book, 2013 |
There is a mystery too deep for words;
the silence of the dead comes nearer to it,
Being wisest in the end. What word shall hold
the sorrow sitting at the heart of things,
The majesty and patience of the truth.
Silence will serve; it is an older tongue:
The empty room, the moonlight on the wall.
Speak for the unreturning traveller.
-John Hall Wheelock
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Monday, December 17, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Fan
“It is the soul that sees; the outward eyes
Present the object, but the Mind descries.
We see nothing till we truly understand it.”
― John Constable
Present the object, but the Mind descries.
We see nothing till we truly understand it.”
― John Constable
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Depths
“It is there if you just close your eyes and breathe softly through your nose; you will hear the whispered message, for all landscapes ask the same question in the same whisper. 'I am watching you -- are you watching yourself in me?' Most travelers hurry too much...the great thing is to try and travel with the eyes of the spirit wide open, and not to much factual information. To tune in, without reverence, idly -- but with real inward attention. It is to be had for the feeling...you can extract the essence of a place once you know how. If you just get as still as a needle, you'll be there.”
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Peak
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Wax On Wax Off
My infatuation with encaustic began when my high school art teacher brought in her paints for the class to try out. I was immediately sucked in by the rich smells of the wax, the fluidity of the medium and the endless opportunities for ways of using the wax. From painting to embedding or even more sculptural works, encaustic is extremely versatile and can be used in just about any way. Because it must be fused, or melted, in between layers, encaustic tends to yield results that are often different from what is expected. But this is something beautiful about the medium, the unintended mistakes that result in new possibilities.
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| encaustic on panel, 2012 |
Because lately I have been working mostly with embedding objects or paper within the wax, I decided to try a more traditional painting approach with this piece.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
A Room of One's Own
Apparently, a universal characteristic of artists is that no matter how big a studio space, it is never big enough. "Clutter expands to fit the existing space." Never having had an actual studio space, I haven't had much time to put this theory into practise, but I can testify to the fact that it expands to the very limits of the space allowed. So far my art studio space has always co-existed with my bedroom, a basement, shared school studios or the corner of my mother's living room.
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| Art materials and pilfered water containers aka mugs |
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| Encaustic paints |
Art on the other hand definitely has the capacity to completely fill any space. My paintings have overflowed my room and migrated to almost every area of the house.
Needless to say, I look forward to when I can afford my own studio space!
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Butterfly Effect
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| "Escape" Encaustic and Mixed Media, 2012 4x2.75 |
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