Looking for the Essence

 

My newest work is shown in these 2 paintings. They are each 12"x12" mixed media. With each I wanted to combine  my interest in the natural forces that remain larger and more powerful than any one human being with imagery and materials that speak to the same. The top image incorporates encaustic medium, oil pastels, altered images and carving in about 12 layers.

The bottom painting uses similar combinations along with dried eggshells.

Show Open at Equinox Village Gallery until March 12

Some of the work being shown:

New Additions

 

My most recent exploration of encaustic painting became a journey in control.  The medium lends itself to abstraction with the fluidity created by working with heat and wax . This time I set out to try different painting techniques within the confines of the medium. These 2 "Grazing" and "Red Onions" are the results. You say "Why red onions?".....I say because " I grew them, dried them on the porch and ate them."

An ancient medium

 

Since I've been experimenting and using encaustic paint and technique it has caused a flurry of questions from those who view my work. The above 3 portraits are from a group called the Fayoum portraits which are of Greek and Roman origin. Painted when the subject is alive they are buried with the subject who has been mummified. The bottom one reminds me of a Modigliani painting.

These people know how to use wax!

General view of a 2-meter-tall wax heart Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, outside Prague’s National Theater. The installation is a public tribute to Vaclav Havel. Over 2 tons of wax from candles lit to commemorate his life & death.