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Crucible Remains

#crucible2020 derived from envisioning and research-creation initiated in 2019. It was the intentional melting and transformation of a personal archive of encaustic paintings. Wax, a surprisingly stable material isopen to re-forming in the presence of extreme heat. In the time frame of the series, COVID-19 was also bringing a kind of heat to our wax-like and vulnerable existence. Time and energies prompted the question: When is a painting finished? Most of the material dissolved and was captured in sculptural form, the stretchers re-purposed, the canvas conserved for a future work. Other matter persisted, re-incarnated, across decades, stubbornly resisting the process. Intentional. Unexpected. That which remains.

abstract square painting with an allover soft pattern of alizarin crimson, burnt umber and ivory colour with an open circle of patterned ivory in the centre

Blessure Survivor 17, 1994/2020, 18" x 18" x 1",

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

abstract square painting with an allover soft pattern of cobalt green and ivory colour

Cloud of Unknowing, 1996/2020, 18" x 18" x 1", 

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

abstract square painting with an allover soft pattern of moss green and ivory colour with small areas of tobacco brown

Beauty at Every Turn, 1999/2020, 18" x 18" x 1",

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

abstract square painting with an allover soft pattern of alizarin crimson, burnt umber and ivory colour

Blessure Survivor 10, 1994/2020, 18" x 18" x 1",

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

back of a square stretched canvas with an allover soft pattern of alizarin crimson, burnt umber and ivory colour paint bleeding through

back view: Blessure Survivor 10, 1994/2020, 18" x 18" x 1",

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

vertical rectangular abstract painting with allover pattern of black and charcoal over ivory waxed canvas

Signature, 2011/2020, 20" x 24" x 2"

wax, pigment and oil on canvas stretched on wood panel

vertical rectangular abstract painting with allover pattern of black and charcoal over ivory waxed canvas

all one black forest, 2009/2020, 20" x 24" x 2"

wax, pigment and oil on canvas stretched on wood panel

Private Collection

back of a wooden panel with stapled canvas edges and handwritten text and signature of artist

back view: all one black forest, 2009/2020, 20" x 24" x 2"

wax, pigment and oil on canvas stretched on wood panel

Private Collection

abstract square painting with allover soft pattern of dark blue, ivory and highlights of yellow

Grasp and Release, 1997/2020, 54" x 54" x 1",

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

abstract square painting with an allover soft pattern of green/grey and ivory colour

Amorality Play, 2001/2020, 54" x 54" x 2.5",
wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

abstract square painting with an allover soft pattern of green/grey and ivory colour

Net Moment, 2001/2020, 54" x 54" x 2.5",

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas 
abstract square painting with an allover soft pattern of warm brown and ivory colour with spots of burnt sienna

Tumble, 1998/2020, 54" x 54" x 2.5",

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

back of a square stretched canvas with an allover soft pattern of warm brown and ivory colour with spots of burnt sienna

back view: Tumble, 1998/2020, 54" x 54" x 2.5",

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

abstract square painting with an allover soft pattern of warm brown and ivory colour

Cluster Collide, 1997/2020, 54" x 54" x 2.5",

wax, pigment and oil on stretched canvas

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