Gallery > Encaustic Wax
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Morgan Fields
Called to play with wax once more,
this time on 8"x10" gesso board.
This piece morphed a couple times,
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Blue Fairy Wings
Encaustic wax is a very fun medium. Painting with wax originally dates back to ancient Greece and Egypt. Modernized versions include a painted technique and the method I used here, dehan wax and an iron.
The heated iron spreads the wax about and I get all the credit! How cool is that?
All images are on 4" x 3" painting cards.
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Copper Trees
With the trees, (which will always find a way to be in any of my artistic explorations) I used flakes of bronze and gold leafing for the leaves. The sky used to be there, but with a hot iron, sometimes you have to modify the image whether you want to or not.
See, I told you the iron does all the work!
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Fall Field
Landscapes are the easiest to do with encaustic wax. The 'paint' is a very refined, light fast, colored wax. Melted at a very high temp, the wax I prefer is Dehan wax. Developed and produced by an English company and found at almostabstract.com. By lifting or pushing a hot iron across the surface, the textures are created, making painting fields and cloudy skies almost effortless.
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Future Canyon
Inspired by Chris' instructional and website at almostabstract.com, this futuristic canyon pretty much painted itself. After I experimented with the landscapes, I got brave and created this one.
And it's one of my favs..
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Shoreline
I was getting the hang of things here.
I really want this painting in a size a tad bit bigger than the 3" x 4" original.
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Spring Fields
Encaustic wax on 3" x 4" painting card.
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Abstract Wax
My good friend Charles shot the pictures of my encaustic art. (Many many thanks)
This picture is his artistic touch!
And I adore it!
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Running Free
Creating more encaustic pieces to contribute to the Rochester NY 6x6x2012
Encaustic on Ampersand -
Blue Vista
Creating more encaustic pieces to contribute to the Rochester NY 6x6x2012
Encaustic on Ampersand -
Fantasy Falls
Creating more encaustic pieces to contribute to the Rochester NY 6x6x2012
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Abstract Floral
Creating more encaustic pieces to contribute to the Rochester NY 6x6x2012
Encaustic on Ampersand