Vicki Alderman

Hi I'm Vicki, I paint with Encaustic Wax and I absolutely love it!
I've been painting with wax for about 12 years. I'm self taught, (through trial and error) and have developed my own style and process as I was not influenced by any other Encaustic Wax artists or established processes.
I have endless curiosity about what I can paint with wax and
every painting I create has an element of experimentation within it as I often don't know what the wax will do until it does it.
For me, painting with wax is a very fine balance between being in control and letting go.
I love the challenge of controlling the wax to produce very fine details, but I also love to apply the wax more freely so that it produces lovely spontaneous patterns when I fuse it with a blowtorch. I like to see these two contrast within my paintings.

My art is about solitude and being alone with our own thoughts and feelings.
I like to paint images that resonate with the way I'm feeling at the time, as this feels more honest and authentic. I would find it very unfulfilling to create a 'happy' painting if I were feeling really sad, for example.

BA Hons Fine Art