by julia dzikiewicz | Oct 28, 2009 | blog
Today I am showing my artwork at the Marriott Residence Inn in Springfield Virginia.This is a special event for us artists at the Workhouse Arts Center. We have been invited to present our Arts Center and artwork to “ local corporate executives, FC Board of...
by julia dzikiewicz | Oct 27, 2009 | blog
“Pair-A-Keets”, by Eileen Olson is a delightful mixed media artwork. In this piece, she walks the fine line between realism and abstraction. Olson writes of her working process: “The exploration of the relationship between man and nature, the unknown and the...
by julia dzikiewicz | Oct 26, 2009 | blog
Traci Oberle’s watermedia piece is titled “Outskirts of Town”. I like the way she creates rich blues and contrasts them with neutral greys and yellows. She also “takes a special interest in quiet places that reveal passage of time, working with the materials...
by julia dzikiewicz | Oct 25, 2009 | blog
In this artwork ,titled “Burgundy”, Gail Gregg explores the possibilities of packaging materials , encaustic and abstraction. It looks to me as if she found a piece of cardboard, and painted thick layers of encaustic paint over it. This piece is just one of a series...
by julia dzikiewicz | Oct 24, 2009 | blog
Linda Cole and I met at a workshop at R&F Paints called “Ahead of the Buzz”. She creates art made with encaustic, plexiglass, paper and mylar. The work you see above, titled “‘‘Elevated Air” is one of her 3-D creations and it is made from “wax, paper, wire strips...
by julia dzikiewicz | Oct 23, 2009 | blog
In the image above, you see a “wave panel”, a gorgeous cradled panel made from maple. The size of the panel is 5 feet long by 26 inches wide. I love the panels that Rodney builds, as they are perfect for encaustic. As you can see in the photo, the panel is almost an...
