Slava TCH Art Gallery, Mississauga, ON

The "classic" or "basic" encaustic method is very old, traditionally taking it’s roots in Europe and therefore is a very complicated and difficult procedure. The right time management and precise accuracy in detailed work is the key to a successful art piece. The surface area has to be prepared before hand it, usually paper, canvas or cardboard are used. Application of dry pigment, hot beeswax and paint takes place next. The artist spends a considerable amount of time developing the right colour and achieving the theme of the art work. In our times a lot of artists are working in encaustic technique but each artist is unique. In result the finished art work is not the subject of the technique but is based on the artist’s experience, world and colour perspective. An artist is putting a part of his sole in the picture, spirit of time and depending on his/her talent the picture generates you by its colour saturation, dynamics and energy of the painter’s spirit.