Held Still

Description

Held Still
12" x 12" x 2"
Encaustic, collage on handmade birch wood panel

This *encaustic painting is 12" x 12" x 2" on a nicely made birch wood panel. Each piece is ready to hang, signed and dated on the back and natually comes with the faint, but sweet frangrance of beeswax.

*About encaustics:
Encaustic is a painting method where color-pigmented beeswax is melted, applied to a surface and reheated to fuse the paint into a smooth or textured finish. The word encaustic comes from Greek and means 'to burn in', which refers to the process of fusing the paint. The durability of encaustic is due to the fact that beeswax is impervious to moisture. Because of this it will not deteriorate. Encaustic paintings do not have to be varnished or protected by glass. People always ask if it will melt. I say, "The melting temp. is 165 degrees...so if your house gets that hot, you better get out!" Just don't stick your painting in the trunk of your car in middle of summer or throw it in a snowbank and you will have your lovely painting to pass down from generation to generation!

Added on Oct 31, 2009