Encaustic Colored Wax Painting Demonstration

Date: 2011 March 4

Speaker: Tracy Proctor

Tracy Proctor is the Gallery director at Swirl Fine Art and Design. She has created many works of art with the Encaustic colored wax technique. http://www.swirlfineart.com/artists.php?id=5

The resurgence of encaustic painting is growing as artists discover the luminous color, depth and variety of texture that can be achieved with beeswax. Ancient Egyptians created an art form in 400 BC that is alive today with many contemporary artists since its revival with Jasper Johns in the 1950s. The alchemy of the elements of fire, air, and molten pigmented wax creates the sensuous beauty of wax paintings. The process of encaustic painting is a seduction and enticement to many artists because its varied uses and expressions are vast. This work has an amazing range, from sheer and translucent to boldly opaque and sculptural.

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This presentation and demonstration was hosted by the Calgary Chapoter of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Encaustic
• Colored
• Wax
• Painting
• egypt
• ancient
• Calgary