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Anne KinkadePainting is a discovery, for me a love of surfaces and tactile impressions, layers beneath layers barely visible, some wih ideas mapped out in charcoal and gsso, others an archeological dig. My paintings contain the maps of a land in Pakistan where I lived for two years, absorbing the culture, walking the bazaars and playing with the music. This has left me with a rich fabric of memories, colors, patterns and sounds. These experiences combined with years as a practicing fiber artist make up the process of my artwork today.
While making large sheets of cotton paper, I began working with abaca and an unusual paper called gampi, and casting sheets of unusual clay and paper pulp into plaster forms and some found forms. These forms are then painted with beeswax, resin and pigment, then rubbed to a high polish. As I experimented more and more with the shape in multiples and integrating willow with the paper forms, I became more excited in watching these ideas progress, come together and marry.
For those unfamiliar with the encaustic method, it employs the use of heated beeswax with pigments and resin to create hardness in the wax as it ages. After polishing with a soft cloth it becomes transparent and glistens to a sheen. It is extremely durable and lasting. Its use goes back to 800B.C. when the Greeks used this method to caulk and protect the hulls of their ships. It was
also used to create life-like portraits of people which were then placed on mummies of that era in Egypt. These are known as the Fayum Funerary Portraits and are still as colorful today.Visit the Anne Kinkade Studio web site at www.AnneKinkade.com for paintings, vessels, sculpture, and information on classes.
Anne Kinkade Studio
2925 Nighthawk Lane, Weed, California 96094 USA
530-938-2598
