Thursday, October 13, 2011

New Autumn Painting

"Autumn Pathway", 24" x 18" encaustic on panel



Below is the photograph I used for the transfer, although I had it printed in black and white. You may notice that the transfer process reverses the image.


I have been focusing on the final details for my upcoming solo show next month and I decided to add a large encaustic painting to the "Pathways and Transition" series. I already had the 24" x 18" encausticbord here at home and thought the autumn pathway in that size would be a welcome addition. (I will also try to make time to paint the winter pathway in a larger size but will have to order another panel). The autumn and winter encaustic paintings I had originally done in this series are only 8" x 8".

I photographed the stages of my image transfer process and you can see how the initial transfer is a simple black and white photo. The paper I use is inexpensive and rips easily but these gaps will not show up once I add colored wax.



After adding initial color to the first layer, it is a building process of fusing wax medium and pigmented wax. In the morning I will decide if I need to make any changes.

6 comments:

  1. Autumn Pathway is really nice. I can see a confidence in the work that comes from experience and joy with the medium.

    Thanks for the progressions. It's good to see the process. I especially like the 'schmeerings' on your large board. There's a raw energy that really trips my trigger.

    -Don

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  2. Sharing the progressions may help me more than anyone else! I definitely am more confident with encaustic now than I was a year ago and this late addition to my series will hopefully show that. Thanks, Don.

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  3. Your "Autumn Pathway" is so much more interesting than the original photograph. It's nice seeing the process.

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  4. Hallie, let's hope other people who see this body of work think my encaustic and watercolor interpretations are more interesting than the photographs too.

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  5. Love the bit of differences you add to really make this piece your own unique composition, Robin. The path leads you into the painting. It is really beautiful!

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