Viridian Painting

I am currently working mainly with Encaustic painting - an ancient technique that uses layers of heated beeswax, to which coloured pigments and mixed media are added. Recent work continues on theme of 'Indecipherable Texts', which resonate with the proliferation of mass communication. The 'Indecipherable Text' relates to 'Peace'. The Hebrew and Arabic words for Peace, Shalom and Salaam, are derived from a root denoting wholeness or completeness. Its significance ranges over several spheres and can refer in different contexts to moral values, to cosmic principles and to divine attributes. My use of metallic foils represents these contexts. These artworks evoke both East and West, the Past and the New; they suggest ancient writing surfaces and modern technology, maps and journeys. My approach is highly personal and considered and extends a technique currently enjoying a revival in U.S.A. I am drawn to Encaustic because of its translucency and 3-dimensional quality and my paintings have a sculptural quality, which elude photographic accuracy. Using multiple layers of organically refined beeswax; pouring, collaging, incising, printing, drawing, painting and underpainting. The paintings have a disarming aroma and a tactility that I combine with an intuitive sense of colour. This multi layering also corresponds to the nature of 'Peace'; incorporating the past into the present and acknowledging all of its components. A simple white wood tray frame is included in price and makes this ready to hang and easy to transport.