Encaustic Painting - Painting with Coloured Beeswax
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The pictures presented on this site were painted by UK encaustic artist, Lester Edenborough, using molten coloured beeswax, applied to a special card base, with heated metal implements.
'A Patch of Heather'
This picture is typical of a landscape painted entirely with a travel iron.
Encaustic painting dates back over 2000 years to ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian civilisations, who had none of the artists' media available today. Although different from techniques used in the past, Lester's pictures share the same non-fade and vibrant light reflecting properties of the ancient art.
Lester takes advantage of the various flow properties of molten wax. As the molten wax flows, according to how the tools are wielded, it produces various, somewhat random patterns which can resemble sky, water, undergrowth, trees, etc. The challenge is to recognise when a pattern has potential, and to add other patterns to create a pleasing, artistic whole. The process necessarily requires a large waste basket!
Surprisingly, one of the key tools for producing these 'patterns' is an ordinary travel iron! In the little slide show below, the travel iron played a major part in creating many of the pictures. Guess which ones were painted entirely with an iron!
'Autumn Palette'
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'Togetherness'
'Bluebell Glade'
This peep show reveals something of the variety of techniques in Lester's repertoire.
Click here to see more slide shows.
In our experience, a significant proportion of art-lovers, as well as 'the man in the street', are impressed by an 'indefineable something' that causes them to 'wax lyrical' about this type of encaustic painting. This is especially true when they know something of how the pictures were made. One buyer came somewhere near to explaining it when he said, "Lester's pictures get to your heart"
Another said, "Quite simply, these beeswax paintings are amazing! . . . The randomness of outcome is beguiling: we, the viewers, share the excitement with the artist in the wonderment of what is produced."
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"Quite simply, these beeswax paintings are amazing! I am intrigued by their variety and individual uniqueness. Knowing how they are produced, even though not technically minded, in some way accentuates ones appreciation and admiration. The randomness of outcome is beguiling: we, the viewers, share the excitement with the artist in the wonderment of what is produced.
Each picture has its own fascination. Some paintings are relatively simple and easily identifiable, whilst others are complex and need to be absorbed. Both styles are equally satisfying, but perhaps it is the abstract designs which are the more hypnotic, evoking different interpret-ations according to one's mood.
If you are influenced by colour, as I am, then these beeswax paintings are definitely for you. My personal preference is for those with strong or dominant colour; to my eye the format (medium) is less successful when restricted to pastel shades.
It is difficult to give away these pictures, even the reproductions. Mine are greetings cards and, as such, are intended to be 'used'. So far I have to been reluctant to part with them!"
Margaret Sever - Sheffield
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