A Hint of Mystery
Here's another encaustic mixed media piece from my exploration last weekend. It combines layers of clear wax, a touch of red, yellow-gold and lots of titanium white encaustic paint, layered handmade paper with Asian chop and medallion images, and layered text printed on tissue paper with words like hidden knowledge soul sacred energies Atop all these layers of paper and wax, all fused to the board one at a time with a heat gun, I distressed the surface, then rubbed it with graphite. I removed the excess graphite with super-fine steel wool. Voilà - the finished piece. The way I see it, it never hurts to embed a bit of soul and a lot of sacred energy into an art piece.
