Encaustic paintings
Lovers of dichotomy, delicacy and design are drawn to the work of self-taught encaustic artist and fine painter Tanya Kirouac. The images, drawn most often from nature, are at once real and dream-like. The luminosity of her wax, so elegantly and finely applied, becomes thick and rich with layering as it takes its final form as a rose, a cloud or field. A pause, captured. Meet Tanya...
One of a Kind - Holiday Show & Sale
Nov. 24–Dec. 4, 2011, 10-9, Sun. 10-6,
Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada www.oneofakindshow.com/toronto/
Wall Space Gallery - SOLO Exhibit
Dec.10-31, Reception: Sat., Dec.10, 3-5pm
358 Richmond Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada www.wallspacegallery.ca
From the greek enkaustikos which means "to heat" or "to burn". Encaustic is the name for both, a medium of pigmented wax, and the process involving heat, by which the medium is applied and secured.
© 2012 Tanya Kirouac.
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