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March Issue 2009
University of
South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, SC, Presents Exhibit of
Encaustics
Christl Niemuller
University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg, SC, is presenting, Contemporary Encaustics, an exhibition of contemporary encaustics by artists working in the Eastern US and Canada. The exhibition is on view in The Curtis R. Harley Art Gallery through Mar. 27, 2009.
Jane Allen Nodine
The term encaustic is derived from the Greek "enkaustikos", which means "to heat" or "to burn." The encaustic medium consists of beeswax mixed with resin to impart hardness that renders a material artists can use to embed various marks, materials, pigments and textures. This historical process used by ancient Greeks and Romans has attracted the attention of many contemporary artists because of its rich surfaces and sculptural properties.
Lisa Pressman
Artists selected for
this exhibition met in 2007 at a professional workshop on encaustic
techniques sponsored by R&F Paint Manufacturing of Kingston,
NY. Each artist was drawn to the encaustic process out of an interest
and inquisitiveness for the process and result of heating and
manipulating wax into seductive and mystical layers of color,
image and surface. Though the artists have varied backgrounds
and live in various regions of the country, all are working artists
and many are also art instructors at institutions in the US and
Canada. Each artist will present several examples of their work
rendering an exhibit with varied approaches to style, technique,
subject, and color palette.
The exhibiting artists include: Imna Arroyo, Connecticut; Carmel
Brennan, Canada; Mariana Depetris, Georgia; Dorothy Imagire, Connecticut;
Kate Miller, Florida; Deborah Nathan, Massachusetts; Christl Niemuller,
Canada; Jane Allen Nodine, South Carolina; Lisa Pressman, New
Jersey; and Debra Warner, Pennsylvania.
For further information check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, call Jane Nodine at 864/503-5838 or e-mail to (jnodine@uscupstate.edu).
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