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 [...]
Birthday Pig. Goat With Girl’s Head. © Marnie Weber. You Are What You Eat. © Haley Nagy. Sometimes the best validation is discovering a successful artist whose work is very similar to yours, either aesthetically or conceptually, or whose work embodies the very direction you were heading. Marnie Weber‘s collage work is very close to what [...]
I’m working on the submission for Degrees which doesn’t leave me a lot of time to blog. Instead, I thought you might enjoy a step by step photo blog showing the evolution of my work. This part is just the underpainting. The final image probably won’t look anything like this. I’m also using exceptionally bright, [...]
Sweet Baby Rose. 4 x 6. Encaustic & Mixed Media on Paper. © 2009 Haley Nagy. SOLD. I just finished binding the special commission I received last week. Before I show you the final product, I wanted to give you an overview of the process itself. The patron of this project (Rose’s godmother) provided the content [...]
