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About The Techniques
Encaustic on wood panel: The word “encaustic” is from the Greek and literally means “to burn in.” Today it refers to pigment made with wax as a binder instead of linseed oil or acrylic base for acrylic paint and is applied to a rigid support such as wood panel with heat. The encaustic process was first used by Greeks and Egyptians in the 2nd century A.D. Powdered pigment found as colored earth was mixed with water or possibly gum Arabic, then applied as portraits of the deceased. The technique may be seen on wood sarcophagi in the famous Fayum funerary portraits still in good condition at the Musee de Louvre in Paris today. Beeswax was melted and burned in over the painted portraits to form a hermetic seal to keep the faces from flaking off as the water evaporated and any binder for the pigment decomposed over time. This process was lost through the Middle Ages with the advent of tempera, fresco and finally oil painting. After the invention of electricity in the 20th century, the medium of encaustic has become much more practical and accessible to artists and can be employed in a simple and safe manner. The matte luminosity of the encaustic medium conveys to the viewer an incredible sense of depth and mystery. The finished paintings are extremely durable and will not melt unless heat is directly applied to the surface. When treated with the same care as any fine oil painting, these works will last indefinitely.
Acrylic or oil and mixed media on canvas: See Artist Statement for details about the layering technique and metaphorical uses of the imagery.
Monotype: Usually a plexiglass plate is worked over with rolled layers of oil-based inks and sometimes painted areas are brushed on to create an image. This is then pulled through a printing press onto a piece of dampened printing paper. A monotype is truly a unique print because there is no repeatable image incised onto a plate. It is very much like a unique painting. The layering process of the inks when transferred to paper through the printing press is unlike anything one could ever attempt to achieve in painting alone. |