Jacqueline – Encaustic Painting, at MAC ART Group Gallery

May 2009

During the month of May, MAC ART Group will be featuring new encaustic works on canvas by Jacqueline.

Encaustic painting, also known as hot-wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid/paste is then applied to a surface - usually prepared wood. However, Jacqueline’s newest series of works are translated on canvas.

“I am fascinated by the continuous transformative qualities of the encaustic process,” states the artist. “Encaustic was probably first used by ancient Egyptians and later Romans and is one of the most organic mediums I have worked with. Made simply of pure pigment and wax, it can still be difficult, but most luminous and translucent. Once the wax is applied, it often does not yield to direction, but reveals veils of light, so we see the layers of the process. What may seem as a large banding or blocking of simple color, on closer investigation will reveal a far more complex story, a bit of an intuitive struggle.”?

For Jacqueline, encaustic painting functions as a metaphor for human civilization. The layers and layers of painting refer to vestiges of ancient cultures, which have been unearthed and revealed, obscured and sealed again. In the artist’s own words, “It is a metaphor for life, where bits are secrets we hold and others are scars that through time have become beautiful. Through this long and often difficult journey…we are transformed.”

MAC ART Group is a recognized art dealer and gallery, which exhibits an excellent collection of paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography and mixed media works by internationally recognized artists. 

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