Tag: encaustics

October Featured Artist. Raquel Edwards.

I’m sure you didn’t think I’d be back so soon and this is just a momentary pop-in. But I couldn’t let a new month dawn without bringing you a new Featured Artist! When first we met October Featured Artist, Raquel Edwards, it was almost exactly three years ago and she was exploring beauty through the lens of a camera rather than a canvas.

Artists are driven by the need to explore and express and Raquel is no exception. Switching from photography to painting, she’s now discovering new techniques and means of visualization digging into the nature of cognition. The shapes she presents are somewhat familiar, yet just foreign enough that we can draw our own conclusions as to the meaning of their presence.

To see more of Raquel Edwards’ work, please visit her website. One of her gorgeous encaustic paintings is gracing the Artsy Forager Facebook page all month long and I’ll be sharing favorites of Raquel’s work as often as I can on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Pinterest.

All images are via the artist’s website.

October 1, 2014
Cosmic Primality: Rana Rochat

Last weekend, while we were visiting Whitefish, MT with friends from Florida, we spotted the biggest, most orange moon I’ve ever seen. Its glowing intensity loomed over the distant mountains, seeming close enough to touch. Rana Rochat’s encaustic work reminds me of the seemingly random beauty and chaos that surrounds and surprises us.

Untitled A108, encaustic on panel, 54×48

The universe is constantly moving, people rushing about, planets migrating, everything in constant flux and evolution. It seems that the world is never still, it is always changing creating tension between the chaos of life and the natural order of the universe.

Untitled L750, encaustic on panel, 54×48

In her work, Rochat explores this dynamic balance between regularity and impulsiveness. Each work using similar marks and complementary palettes, yet surprising in their fluid movement and arrangement.

Untitled ( 96 ), encaustic on panel, 60×35

Shapes float across the canvas and lines seem to trace movement of forms unseen. Her work feels like a visual record of migratory journeys and chaotic progression.

Untitled ( 98 ), encaustic on panel, 42×42

Untitled ( L790 ), encaustic on panel, 48×70

To see more of Rana Rochat’s work, please visit her website. Her work can be seen in several galleries across the US and Canada ( see the Contact page on her website for a full list ).

Artist found via David Lusk Gallery.

Featured image is Untitled ( 87 ), encaustic on panel, 48×42. All images are via the artist’s website.

June 12, 2012
Friday Faves: Wax On, Wax Off

Encaustic painting is a favorite medium of mine. Their waxy, frosting-like texture sends me over the moon. Every time I’m in a gallery, I will be drawn to the encaustics, guaranteed. So for this Friday round-up, I’m sharing with you some of my favorite waxy painters.

Why Stream Upstream by Mary Farmer, encaustic on canvas, 40×40

Whirl #1 by Wendy Franklund Miller, encaustic on wood, 12×12

Interplay by Nancy Natale, encaustic with fiber, oilstick and oil paint on birch, 24×24

Do you have any favorite encaustic artists I should know about? Do tell! To see more work from these fabulous encaustic artists, please visit their websites.

1. Mary Farmer

2. Wendy Franklund Miller

3. Paula Blackwell

4. Nancy Natale

Featured image is Crossroads by Nancy Natale. All images are courtesy of the artist’s websites.

PS– As the hubby and I prepare to move from Aberdeen to his new assignment in Grants Pass, OR AND enjoy some camping and a visit from my mom-in-law, Artsy Forager will be rerunning some older posts over the next two weeks. Hopefully, this will give new readers a chance to see some artists that were featured back when the only people reading were my family and friends. 🙂

August 19, 2011