I entered two of my encaustic monotypes into the “Construct” show at Artserve in Ft. Lauderdale. My membership to Artserve will expire in Sept. It was last year’s birthday present to myself. I had been a bit disappointed by the “call to artists” that they had all year. I decided to be selective of how [...]
Posts Tagged ‘artwax’
Started new series
Posted in art, tagged artwax, beeswax, encaustic, south florida office, wax on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the studio today preparing boards , trying new tecniques. I love squares and rectangles and hope to do a series based on these shapes
Submit application for the Knight Foundation Grant
Posted in art, tagged aj grossman, amy grossman, artwax, beeswax, encaustic, encaustic was, knight foundation grant, south florida artist on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I heard many artists talking about the Knight Foundation Grant so I checked it out. The first process is a brief description and then you submit the on-line application. Then they review it and if the foundation is interested they ask you for a full proposal. It is a matching grant, which means that if [...]
Sold my favorite monotype
Posted in art, tagged artwax, beeswax, encaustic monotypes, encaustic painting, encaustics, minneola art fair, orlando art, south florida artists, wax on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was up in a town called Minneola, just northwest of Orlando. It was a small event and I was doing a demo on my HOTBOX. I had made small monotypes, about 4×4 on rice paper. I framed a few, and since it was Valentine’s Day I thought that I would just give out a [...]
New Direction of work
Posted in art, tagged artwax, encaustic, encaustic medium, small art works, south florida artists, tea bag, wax, wax pour on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I decided I wanted to work small in encaustics. That decisions has to do with space. The space I work in just doesn’t allow it. I noticed that I am always attracted to small works (less than 12×12) or very, very , very large. If you put me in a room with small, med and [...]
this word really does exist
Posted in art, tagged art, artwax, beeswax, collage, encaustic, environmental art, florida, hollywood, santa fe workshops, south florida artists on June 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
During my last art workshop in Santa Fe, I learned a technique that everyone in the class came to refer to as “transparentized” the paper. Of course we all decided that it was made up word in the class. It is the process of taking your paper and adding beeswax to create a transparent appearance. [...]
