encaustic painting « The Artist's Periscope

For the last eleven years Conrad Wilde Gallery in Tucson, Arizona has hosted an annual exhibition devoted to works created from encaustic. This years Encaustic Invitational, Length x Width x Depth was terrific. Miles Conrad always does a great job of finding artists with unique voices, telling unique visual stories and he chooses works that are often surprising and engagingly tactile. And this years Invitational was no exception.

For more information about Conrad Wilde Gallery please consult their website at http://www.conradwildegallery.org

Sue Stover, Musings, 6 Pieces, Titles Various, 2015

Winston Lee Mascarenhas, Cardboard Study 8, Encaustic on Cardboard, 10″ x 10″ x 3″, 2014

Kathleen Cosgrove, Spiral with Antlers, Encaustic, Mixed Media, 9″ x 4″ x 4″, 2015

Katie Gutierrez, Heliopora 1, Encaustic Sculpture, 19″ x 7″ x 20″, 2016

Katie Gutierrez, Heliopora 3

Alison Golder, Best Cocao, Wood, Metal & Encaustic, 15″ x 9″ x 5″, 2014

Sue Katz, Moth Construct, Encaustic, Mixed Media, 35.5″ x 26″ x 3″, 2016

Alison Golder, Processed and Pasteurized, Wood, Metal & Encaustic, 13″ x 5″ x 3″, 2014

Alicia Forestall Boehm, The Power of Place , Encaustic, Fiber, Wire & Twine, 14″ x 9″ x 2″, 2014

From Left to Right: Alicia Forestall Boehm, Jane Allen Nodine & Deborah Kapoor

Jane Allen Nodine (Detail), Collected Oscula, Ablated Offerings & Selected Offerings, Encaustic on Paper & Encaustic and Fiber, Works: 50″ x 4″ x 1″, 54″ x 4″ x 3″ , 48″ x 2″ x 2″, 2015

Deborah Kapoor, Grief Diary, Paper, Cording, Encaustic & Fabric, 12″ x 12″ x 1″, 2015

Beata Wehr, Letters From The Desert, Encaustic, Paper & Found Objects, 13″ x 17″, 2014

Dietlind Vander Schaaf & Jennie Frederick

Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Between, Encaustic, Oil and Graphite on Panel, 12″ x 12″ x 2″, 2016

Jennie Frederick, Beached, Kozo Fiber, Encaustic & Zip Ties, 48″ x 11″ x 8″, 2014

Deborah Winiarski and Milisa Galazzi

Milisa Galazzi, String Theory – WD Four, Paper, Thread & Encaustic, 48″ x 24″ x 9″, 2015

Deborah Winiarski, Lines Written III, Encaustic and Fiber on Panel, 37″ x 32″ 4″, 2015

Kay Hartung, Orbs 1 – 6, Encaustic Mixed Media, Dimensions Variable, 2013 – 2015

Kay Hartung, Orbs (Detail)

Helen Dannelly, Untitled, Encaustic on Paper, 6″ x 6″ x 8″, 2013

Laura Moriarty, Cleaved, Pigmented Beeswax, 24″ x 8″ x 4″, 2014

Howard Hersh, Pulse, Encaustic on Panel, 21″ x 13″ x 3″, 2012

I had the great pleasure of seeing Barbara Ellmann’s dynamic exhibition, An Open Book 2, at the Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts in Palm Desert, California last month. The exhibition, which ran from February 4 to March 11, was partially funded by the McCallum Theatre Institute’s Aesthetic Education Program, produced in conjunction with the Marks Art Center at the College of the Desert and was beautifully curated by Sophia Marisa Lucas. The Marks always presents terrifically exciting, innovative shows and I am continually impressed by the quality of their curatorial focus. An Open Book 2 was no exception.