Encaustic Abstract Painting - Featuring
Gallery Visitor's Reactions and Commentary

This You Tube video may inspire artists to master pigmented beeswax. Encaustic artist, Carolyn Goodridge, speaks with a visitor attending the opening show at the Jarrett Thor Fine Art Gallery in Colonial Beach, VA. He is giving passionate impressions of her painting, entitled Angel of Freedom, Guardian of Dreams This encaustic abstract painting has exquisite detail and eye-catching glossy texture. You can view it here.  This excitement is typical of viewers newly exposed to encaustic abstract art.

Encaustic artist David Hoffend says many encaustic painters often choose to create abstract works of art. He is correct. Still, even in abstract art, specifically with lavish content as opposed to minimalist designs, those may also have extremely fine detail. Davids instructional video illustrates using the C5 hot pen point.

There are many encaustic art lessons on how to create postcard size art. These are mostly for artisans and hobbyists. A professional fine artist may certainly utilize many different tools. Bristish artist, Michael Bossom, beautifully demonstrates this. His encaustic art lessons demonstrate how to create wonderful nature effects with the encaustic art painting iron and stylus on paper. However, if an artist is interested in learning how to create much larger paintings and on wood and/or canvas they need further instruction.

Encaustic painting can be done using a flow pen, which can be purchased online at the FineArtStore and Enkaustikos.  These encaustic hot tools are useful to artists who want to expand their vocabulary. But these like all other tools must be mastered in order to effectively communicate the artists message.

Artist, Carolyn Goodridge uses a palette knife and natural bristle brushes. Carolyn is self-taught in encaustic, pigmented beeswax. She was advised by a New York art dealer to learn this medium. He declared that it was in great demand by his clients, foreign and domestic. An artist must have a message, even if it is subconscious. Abstract art is a wonderful way of digging deep inside oneself to find important messages not necessarily obvious to our five senses. If you are an artist and would like to reserve a copy of Carolyn's instructional video, complete this form.