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 [...]
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 [...]
Illuminations. Flag book with encaustic & handmade cotton paper laminates. © Haley Nagy. In Illuminations I explore the notion of “the great silence of God” in an abstract manner. This flag book is comprised of densely fused, encaustic-handmade paper laminations, which glow when turned, like stained glass struck by a ray of light from behind. [...]
Concealment Series. Encaustic & handmade cotton paper laminate. © Haley Nagy. In my new work the fusion of encaustic and hand papermaking is used to explore the idea of the “hidden”. Read on for my mini-artist statement… As an artist, I am very interested in the concealed and disguised elements of our culture. These are [...]
When the Bow Breaks, Encaustic & Mixed Media, 5 x 7, © 2009 Haley Nagy. SOLD. When the Bow Breaks was created for the upcoming Book About Death exhibit in New York. In the spirit of mail artist
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 [...]
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, [...]
Icing on the Cake. 8 x 10. Encaustic & Mixed Media. © Haley Nagy. The golden background, a luxury traditionally reserved for wealthy patrons, is juxtaposed with a “zero” birthday candle.
Blowing Out the Candles. 8 x 10. Encaustic & Mixed Media. © 2009 Haley Nagy.
Have you already read my tutorial on Getting Started in Encaustics and Making Your Own Paints? Have you already picked up all your encaustic supplies? Then read on…. Transferring images onto wax is easy! First, prepare your surface with an even layer of encaustic paint or medium. Fuse, fuse and re-fuse until it is nice [...]
Here’s a glimpse of what I’ve been working on for the last couple of months. This is a derivative work that came from working on a series, tentatively titled “Seen But Not Heard” which is comprised of portraits of homeless people. This is an example of a small tangent I went on during the course [...]
