cleaning the studio...

...and other adventures in art

red-yellow-blue

Today was primary-color day.  Red-Yellow-Blue. It’s probably obvious that I love color, but I feel the urge to go wild with color with these small encaustic pieces.  There’s no risk…I can easily scrape the wax off if it just doesn’t work.  And...

tedious, but it must be done

Prepping my 50 panels for encaustic takes some time: Cut cabinet-grade birch plywood into 6″x6″ panels; Sand lightly as needed; Tape edges to prevent glue from dripping (encaustic doesn’t like glue); Glue the photos; weight them overnight; Remove...

while I’m on the subject…

photo before encaustic Small Bird Study Number 12, Encaustic/Oil/Photo on Panel, 6" x 6", 2009, Private Collection While I’m on the subject of birds and encaustic, here’s a 6″x6″ encaustic bird that I did last year.  This is similar...