Last week rejection, is this weeks winner

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 [...]

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Encaustic Monotype

Many people ask how I do my artwork. Since encaustic is not very popular and then add to it that I paint with a blowtorch or with a HotBox, I get lots of strange looks. I just would be better off saying that I am an abstract expressionists. But for those who do want to [...]

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New Monotypes

Just finished a group of 3 monotypes. I used metallic encaustic so I am calling this group “Gold Rush”  They are small pieces 8×11 and they are done on Rice Paper and mounted on wood panels. The photo’s don’t show the “shine” & “matte” areas. Since the encaustic medium is on both sides of the [...]

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Monoprint Encaustic-Test

I leave for Santa Fe on Wednesday for my monoprint classes with Paula Rolland. But of course, I can’t wait, so I decide to “figure it out on my own” I already own a Hot Box to make the prints and I have encaustic pigments so I experimented on my own. It took a few [...]

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