Exception to the Rule Annotations II Beginning with F
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Ann Baldwin
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Exception to the Rule
Annotations II
Beginning with F
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Palimpsest #3
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Anno Domini Sold
Scene Two Gill Sans
Beginning with F #2
Index #2
Index #1
Palimpsest #2
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I started experimenting with the ancient technique of painting in hot wax in August 2001. Soon I was completely hooked. I love the smell, the textures, the earthy colors. My aim is to create paintings which look like old tablets or walls on which words have been scratched, erased, pasted, overwritten. I work layer upon layer, sometimes etching and scraping to reveal the layer below. I occasionally encapsulate copies of old documents and images from antique magazines in clear wax medium.
My studio is looking more and more like a kitchen with a griddle (on which to melt the wax pigments), a crockpot for the medium, muffin tins, extractor hood (to remove the fumes), and a travel iron (to fuse one layer of wax to the one below). I use dental or manicure tools to incise fine lines. To save money I've started to make my own medium with beeswax and dammar crystals.
I find the process of painting in wax both challenging and fascinating, like alchemy. For more information about this exciting medium, go to www.rfpaints.com. This is the website for the company which makes the wax paints and runs workshops at the factory in New York state. They are very helpful if you have questions.