What a blast playing with Encaustic wax

This is a taste of my Encaustic pieces while at a great workshop with Mo Godbeer in Cairns.
                                                       

                        'Sweet'  Encaustic painting with photo, gold pigment & shellac

'Rolling Wave' Encaustic Collage with dyed rust paper & fabric relief

'Golden Land' Encaustic painting with gold pigment & shellac

I know I'm really wacki now that I'm addicted to this as well & can't wait to get stuck into more.

Life drawing up close

Next works will be from an Encaustic Painting workshop in Cairns !

Me with my selected life drawings from our group June exhibition

Screen printing develops again

It all starts with my SUMI-E painting

Then I've turned it into a screen printed silk wrap

Keep following to see how this concept develops

Painting contemporary Australian Art

Snippets of my latest works while splashing paint & liquid soap around on canvas !

What do you think ?   

 

Shibori & Tie Dye fun

This is just a taste of what is to come with dyeing fabrics !

2012 year of the Black Water Dragon

It's interesting this Chinese sign Kung Hei Fat Choi only comes around every 60 years & many of you turn 60 this year like me. What makes the 2012 Dragon so special is a combination of the 12 zodiac animals and the five traditional colours —yellow, blue, red, white and black.

Furthermore, it is a yang year. Yang Water is like a flowing river rather than a stagnant lake. Things will move, ideas flow, creativity abound, economies boom, and love blossom in this environment.

Of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, the dragon is the most special and is sometimes called a karmic sign associated with spring. Bigger than life is very much a dragon thing and in this context we can expect grand things to happen this year. There may be flames and failures, but there will also be spectacular achievements.

For those born in the Year of the Dragon, this year is the time to pursue and act on the impossible dream, change the world or at least your life.

And for the other signs, it is the best chance to make your dreams come true.

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