- art definitions:
- encaustic- Encaustic painting is a ancient art form from both Egypt and Greece. The definition of encaustic is "to burn". This art form is recently enjoying a comeback. Many artists are now experimenting with this medium, it seems each artist has their own unique style. Using melted bees wax artists put down layers on a firm absorbent surface which can be mixed with pigment, objects or papers. After a layer is put down it is fused with a heat gun or torch, which fuses one layer to the next. Artists who use this layering achieve a great sense of depth in their paintings. Encaustics have a certain look and feel wonderful to touch. Many artists use added damar resin to the wax that gives the wax more stability. These paintings will not melt if they are not put in very intense heat. These paintings, as with all art should not be put in full sunlight. The surface of an encaustic painting can be buffed with a soft cloth from time to time to bring up the original sheen. Hanson Scott Gallery is proud to show the work of 6 encaustic artists, Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch, Lisa JonesMoore, Lynn Hanson Scott, Tracy Kay Felix , Sue Robertson and Nicole Brauch Click on each of these names to see each artists page and see how different encaustic styles can be.
- monotype-A single print take from a design created on hot metal with pigmented melted wax. Tracy Kay Felix creates encaustic mono prints.
- mixed media- Mixed media in contemporary art breaks down of many of the walls of traditional art. Mixed media can be the mixing of mediums, the mixing of textures, putting papers or objects into the painting, the drawing or the 3 dimensional piece. Painting can be mixed with photography, printmaking, drawing, collage. Sculpture can be painted on, collaged on, or photo transfers can be adhered. The limit is now in the mind of the artist. Many of the Hanson Scott Gallery artists experiment with mixed media. Nicole Brauch, Kate Steiger, Lynn Hanson Scott, Sue Robertson, Scott Burnett
- watercolor-Darlene Gentry Lucas
- acrylic-Kate Steiger, Lynn Hanson Scott, Tracy Kay Felix, Sue Robertson
- oil-
- ceramic-Barbara Wyatt
- textile art- kate steiger home
- assemblage- Like collage and mixed media but 3 dimensional elements are included
- vitreous paint on glass-Laura WesselPainting on Glass : Vitreous Enamels Laura Wessel creates hand-painted vessels using vitreous glass paints to present stories of a poetic world of traveling circuses, caged birds, and magical transformations. Laura has studied with many international artists at the Pilchuck Glass School, including Lithuanian master painter Albinus Elskus and Czech glass painter, Dana Zamecnikova. Vitreous glass paints are made by mixing a powder of metal oxides in ground glass with water. When fired on glass to 1080℉ in a kiln, the paints fuse to the surface of the vessel, creating a layer of color which becomes luminous when placed in the light. They may be opaque or transparent; their colors are produced by the various oxides in the paint. Layering the paints and firing many times alters and intensifies the color and texture within the painted image. Laura’s design process begins by drawing on the outside of the clear vessel, deciding on the balance of form to form and the scale of each figure. Transparent areas between figures form windows through the glass. She then begins to paint the inside of the vessel, carefully building thin layers of paint in reverse as she works. As each painted layer is complete, the vessel is fired, increasing the color and luminosity of the image. Laura is drawn to narrative and images from early Japanese and Chinese photographs. Her vessels become stories told in three dimensions, where the circular form becomes an enclosed world filled with light, color and shifting forms, conveying a powerful and captivating sense of wonder.