Artist, Haley Nagy, discusses encaustic painting techniques, bookbinding methods, highlights emerging artists and posts her recent artists books and encaustic paintings.
I’ve been experimenting with new materials for my contribution to an upcoming Art on Track installation with my collaborative art group, 3 Blondes & a Bald Guy. The attached pictures show some of the results from my light tests on encaustic monoprints on chiffon. As you can see, the imagery changes drastically depending on the intensity, source and direction of the light as well as the play of shadows from in front and behind.
If you think this is interesting, please check out the site for 3 Blondes & a Bald Guy for sneak peaks and more information about how I’ll be using these prints in our installation.
Please join me on Saturday, August 7th for Art on Track 2010. Look for my group, 3 Blondes & a bald Guy, which includes myself and artists Jackie Capazzoli, Erin Cramer and curator Stephen DeSantis. Read more details below:
I have work in an upcoming show and publication, New American Landscape, which is a collection of contemporary artists whose work redefines the Americas and it’s inhabitants. A catalog of the artwork is scheduled for print by May 2010.
May 7 -31, 2010
Please join me for the book release party and opening night: May 7th, 2010.
Las Manos Gallery
5220 N. Clark Ave,
Chicago, IL 60640
My artist book, Illuminations, has been selected for inclusion in Wax Libris II, an exhibit of contemporary encaustic artist books to be held this summer during the Fourth Annual Encaustic Conference at the Montserrat College of Art. My work will be displayed alongside these other talented artists:
Cari Hernandez
Catherine Nash
Daniella Woolf
Deanna Wood
Gwen Plunkett
Jeanne Borofsky
Josie Rodriguez
Julie Shaw Lutts
Miles Conrad
Mindy Nierenberg
Nancy Natale
Sandi Miot
Supria Karmakar
See my upcoming events page for more details on the opening reception. I will be attending the Fourth Annual Encaustic Conference this year thanks in part to receipt of the Rosemblum Award. Dr. Rosenblum grants partial funding to graduate students at Columbia College Chicago.
A Book with No Words. Altered book with encaustic & mixed media. © 2010 Haley Nagy.
A Book with No Words is an experiment into what happens to a narrative when the text is removed. Specifically, I covered the words from this book in multiple layers of white encaustic gesso and paint – much like one would try to paint paint over graffiti. The pages were then sealed by coating them in encaustic medium.
However, by carefully shining light through the pages some of the obscured text can be revealed – allowing parts of the story to be rediscovered.
A Book with No Words. Altered book with encaustic & mixed media. © 2010 Haley Nagy.
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