I am surely putting in the hours these days as fall fades away and winter puts its iron claws on the world. The leaves are gone, the days so short. I go to the studio early morning and work many hours. It's rather cozy out there.The cat is getting used to visiting with me rather than spending time by himself in the house. And if he is outside, snow is not appealing to him. He shakes his feet and quickly comes back in.
I have spent three weeks on three pieces. That is a long time for me Usually I produce many more pieces in a short time. Something in me is telling me 'less is more'. And 'less is more' on the canvas as well. Seems I am taking so long to finish a piece. The layers are thinner but the depth is increasing. Just like the water I am trying to express. Simplifying the image as well. I think the lotus is so overused but if I focus on the material I hope I can transcend the normalcy of the flower. So many layers and so much scraping off of wax.
Images to follow when I have them. And the simpler the image the more difficult it is to photograph.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Lotus B
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Lotus B is on its way to FL. Clients who had bought a tree painting after seeing my show at Exeter Academy three years ago chose this piece as well as a poppy one with the cast bronze poppy pod. This was the first successful encaustic painting, in my mind anyway, that I completed a couple of years ago after I took up the medium. I had taken a private, one day workshop with Fawn Potash. She introduced me to the technique of drawing more with the wax than painting with the blocks of color. To this day I still approach encaustic this way. Lotus B is 30 x 36 inches on heavy plywood.
This weekend I am on a statewide tour which is rather tedious but half over. Some people have shown up and so far I have sold two prints. Old emulsion transfer prints. I did not expect to sell much. I was hoping more for exposure. Just one right person needs to walk through. Alas, I do not think that is going to happen. What I now need to do is start work for my show at Lawrence Academy which starts in January. Only two months away. I thought I might include some small gouache studies but they have not been too successful. I am often impatient when I want to t learn something new. I have 3 in the studio now. And I mean small. 4 x 6 inches. It was relaxing working with a water based medium after the huge commitment of hot wax. But encaustic is my medium.
Lotus B is on its way to FL. Clients who had bought a tree painting after seeing my show at Exeter Academy three years ago chose this piece as well as a poppy one with the cast bronze poppy pod. This was the first successful encaustic painting, in my mind anyway, that I completed a couple of years ago after I took up the medium. I had taken a private, one day workshop with Fawn Potash. She introduced me to the technique of drawing more with the wax than painting with the blocks of color. To this day I still approach encaustic this way. Lotus B is 30 x 36 inches on heavy plywood.
This weekend I am on a statewide tour which is rather tedious but half over. Some people have shown up and so far I have sold two prints. Old emulsion transfer prints. I did not expect to sell much. I was hoping more for exposure. Just one right person needs to walk through. Alas, I do not think that is going to happen. What I now need to do is start work for my show at Lawrence Academy which starts in January. Only two months away. I thought I might include some small gouache studies but they have not been too successful. I am often impatient when I want to t learn something new. I have 3 in the studio now. And I mean small. 4 x 6 inches. It was relaxing working with a water based medium after the huge commitment of hot wax. But encaustic is my medium.
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