Illuminations. Flag book with encaustic & handmade cotton paper laminates. © Haley Nagy. As an artist, I am very interested in the concealed and disguised elements of our culture. These are the things that are “seen but not heard” or that “go on behind closed doors”. This fascination with the “hidden” has manifested itself in [...]
Opening tonight in New York, Waxed in Time: Four Takes on Encaustics, showcases the work of artists Nancy Azara, Joan Giordano, Renee Magnanti and Kathy Stark. It runs at the Tenri Cultural Institute of New York until February 27th. All four of these artists use encaustic in tandem with other media to stunning effect. None [...]
Suburban Bird. Oil & Encaustic. 12 x 16. © 2009 Haley Nagy. I think it is finally finished. It feels like it is missing something, but I may just need to leave it alone for a couple of days and come back to it later. I initially tried painting the birds with a light gray [...]
Below I continue to give you a sneak peak at the process of creating an encaustic painting (see original post here). I apologize for the spotty quality of the photos. As you can probably tell, the pictures were all taken at different times during the day and evening. Unfortunately, I’m currently working out of my [...]
