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encaustic painting |
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encaustic paintingAncient technique of painting, commonly used by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, in which coloured pigments were mixed with molten wax and painted on panels. In the 20th century the technique was used by the US artist Jasper Johns. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| While the titles are whimsical--Exonerate, Extinct, Exuberant, Exude--these encaustic paintings (all 2000) are serious, thoughtful endeavors that deeply probe the medium's expressive possibilities. Michael David's most recent abstract encaustic paintings are eloquently deceptive: What looks at first like wispy atmosphere--elusive surges of color against an amorphous ground--is on closer inspection revealed to be a tactile, heavily built-up surface. |
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