Current Show: "Seasons in the Alleghenies" at the ECCOTA Gallery in Ridgway PA,
now through February 28, 2020
Encaustic is a medium ideal for the layered approach I take to painting. Abstract ideas become metaphors in the layered landscapes of the Allegheny mountains where I live and beyond into the many varied regions of this wide wild country.
Currently driven by the theme "Searching for Beauty in a Broken World," these paintings are abstract or impressionistic landscapes and townscapes that find the light in the cracks of brokenness and also highlight those places of respite needed for renewal.
I have worked in a variety of media, with a focus on a few techniques that have played pivotal roles in the history of art including encaustic, used by ancient Egyptians and Minoans, egg tempera, primarily used in Byzantine and Gothic era painters; woodcut prints, perfected by Japanese artists in the U-kiyo e tradition; and collage or mixed media which transformed the working process of many modern artists. My handling of these techniques tends to be a looser interpretation.
Currently driven by the theme "Searching for Beauty in a Broken World," these paintings are abstract or impressionistic landscapes and townscapes that find the light in the cracks of brokenness and also highlight those places of respite needed for renewal.
I have worked in a variety of media, with a focus on a few techniques that have played pivotal roles in the history of art including encaustic, used by ancient Egyptians and Minoans, egg tempera, primarily used in Byzantine and Gothic era painters; woodcut prints, perfected by Japanese artists in the U-kiyo e tradition; and collage or mixed media which transformed the working process of many modern artists. My handling of these techniques tends to be a looser interpretation.
Artworking - it's all about the process
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ArtWorking is a random & occasional record of inspiration, technique, ideas and artwork in blog format.
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Portfolio: Here is a sampling of my current studio work in encaustic
"Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making of something after it is found.” -- James Russell Lowell, American poet, critic
