Let Our Children Live Painting

My figurative work leans on artists such as Salvador Dali, Hyman Bloom. This is part of a series of 5 paintings depicting the pandemic in 2020. The series is called “Distorted Reality.” This one is about the impact on children of the pandemic in terms of parental anxiety, loss of jobs, loss of “play dates”, loss of loved ones, school closings, upsurge in domestic abuse. I hope you will visit my site to locate the other pictures in this series. I used the ancient painting technique of encaustic, which means to “burn in.” first used in the 5th C. BC. I collaged children’s faces that I had sketched in charcoal on Chinese art paper plus pieces of tissue and printed art papers to a wood platform. Then I applied layers of hot beeswax mixed with a hardening agent called damar resin, which creates a more durable surface and gloss. I painted certain parts of the surface with pigmented wax. There is also some gold foil and bits of encaustic monoprints that I had painted on a Hotbox with art paper. Encaustic paintings tend to dull over time, but a simple rubbing with the heel of one’s hand restores its natural luster if you don’t want the matte look. In floating frame, with black edge and side, ready to hang.

Painting:collage on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 24 H x 1.5 D in

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