Painting with beeswax, pigment, and fire
Informed by the incandescent Western landscape, Pamela Gibson’s abstract encaustic paintings come into being at the intersection of vision and the passage of time. Complex layers of molten beeswax, vibrant pigment and found objects are fused together by fire to reveal captured moments.
I make art in order to reflect moments in the landscape that move me.
The process of encaustic painting involves hot pigment suspended in beeswax, fire and patience. I paint with a torch as well as a brush. The smell of melting beeswax pervades the studio. The painting process involves layering as many as 30 or 40 thin layers, often scraping back through them to find a color that has been laid down earlier in the process. It is not unusual for burned paper and shellac as well as objects such as pins, nails, or watch parts to find their way into one of my painting, always with the goal of using the materials to impart meaning.
Current Exhibition: Time Takes Time
September 8 through November 12 at Shari Brownfield Fine Art
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