I
am a visual Artist working in Encaustic Painting & Mixed Media born
in Brixton, London now working from my Studio in East Devon/Dorset
border not far from Lyme Regis.
Over the
years I have worked with many different mediums, I now choose to paint
using bees wax and damar resin known as encaustic wax medium. I make my
own medium in the studio using filtered bees wax which has been treated
to remove the natural yellow of the bees wax, it produces a clear
glossy finish almost like glass when used with or without damar resin.
Encaustic painting has a wonderful translucent quality, it is always exciting and often experimental.
Using
natural brushes I apply the medium onto birch wood, sometimes I use
driftwood or found items such as stone, ceramic, I fuse multiple layers
of wax onto the surface using various heat tools, my preferred method is
a heat gun, after heating and fusing I then scrape, incise & embed
into the wax using ebony, organic materials, pigments & found
objects. For my Photo-Encaustic I use my own original artwork or my own
digital images which are then transferred or poured directly onto the
surface creating a luminous & transparent quality.
Encaustic
wax painting has grown in popularity dating back from the 5th Century
B.C. - it is now becoming a popular choice to use wax as an alternative
to acrylics & is also a wonderful medium to use with photographic
images making it an exciting new medium for photographers to experiment
and explore.
I am
passionate about what I do and hope to inspire others, in between
working with wax I also run workshops in Mixed Media & Papier Mache
in which wax is incorporated.
I have
exhibited in group exhibitions at the Arndean Gallery, Cork Street &
the OXO Gallery, London as well as many other Galleries across the UK.
If you wish to visit me in the Studio please email to arrange a
convenient time.
