My second experiment with encaustic painting was a painting of my mother Karin. Encaustic, paper, gold leaf and oil stick on R&F encaustic gessoed cradled birch wood panel. Palette and Supplies: Gamblin oil paints Sennelier Artist Oil Pastel Sticks Paper Gold leaf Enkaustikos Refined White Beeswax Enkaustikos Damar Resin R&F Hot Plate Intertek VT 1100 heat gun...
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Took a class in Encaustics at the Art Students League in New York. I had always been fascinated by the Fayum Mummy Portraits at the Met and thought that I might try out this ancient archival medium. They are paintings in pigmented beeswax which have a depth, texture and translucency due to the wax medium. Here was a corner of our classroom, Suzy on the right and another...
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Inspired by Caravaggio’s “Medusa” which was also a self portrait. Oil on acrylic primed wood panel. Ground was then toned with a combination of Hookers Green, Flake White and Chromatic Black. Palette and Supplies: Cadmium Red MediumQuinacridone RedYellow OchreRaw SiennaRaw UmberBurnt UmberViridian GreenHookers GreenUltramarine BlueFlake WhiteChromatic...
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Design for a personal weather-proof sticker for my brother’s birthday so that he can adorn the streets of New York with his own features and a peaceful offering of a thronabulax flower. Oil on acrylic primed wood panel. Ground was then toned with a combination of Gamblin Fastmatte Raw Sienna and Flake White Palette and Supplies: Cadmium Red Medium Quinacridone Red...
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Inspired by Rafaello Santi’s “Portrait of a Young Woman.” Thought to be his lover. Oil on acrylic primed wood panel. Ground was then toned with a combination of Gamblin Fastmatte Raw Sienna and Flake White Palette and Supplies: Cadmium Red Medium Quinacridone Red Gold Ochre Naples Yellow Raw Umber Burnt Umber Viridian Green Ultramarine Blue Flake White...
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Started a moody portrait of Susan. When it reaches the imprimatura, sketched in oil onto the colored ground, it usually takes on quite a haunting appearance. Susan said I should stop right there, and not change it any further. Oil on acrylic primed wood panel. Ground was then toned with Gamblin Fastmatte Burnt Sienna Palette and Supplies: Burnt Sienna Raw Umber Burnt...
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