Healing Journey Canvas Print

This encaustic painting is composed of multiple layers. My original Photographic transfer is also used. The image is a walkway in Jerusalem and birds in capture. Life is fragile on this earth. This painting depicts a peek into the other side or perhaps we are already on the other side?
Intense energy is manifested in the detail of scraping down of the multiple layers of beeswax in order to reveal the embedded color beneath the surface.

Artist Statements Encaustic and Mixed Mediums I use purified Beeswax with dried pigment and damar crystals (tree resin) for hardening. I heat the wax to a molten point where I can apply the wax as liquid to a rigid surface such as masonite or wood, coated card stock or absorbant paper. Each layer is fused to the next with a heat source, thus a commitment to the composition evolves. I work spontaneously as I create the composition. The process may include techniques such as ironing, carving, embedding materials, transfer techniques, stamping, drawing and painting. I believe encaustic is a forgiving medium that includes a multitude of modalities and creative opportunities for expression. Encaustic is a natural preservative that allows me...