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Encaustic Icon: Dead Vespa WIP

Posted in Art, Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags , , , , , on December 19, 2009 by ssstephg


6 x 6 inches
hornets and encaustic on cradled panel

Still in progress, this is another in the series of encaustic icons I’m making that incorporate remains of once living things. This one has a couple of hornets in it at present. Not sure what else I’ll add.

So I haven’t made it back to take photos of the exhibit where I’m showing the other two icons I posted here before. Hopefully, that will happen soon because there’s some really great work in the show this year. There seem to be some complications with my foot/ankle sprain combo. For some reason, it isn’t healing properly, and getting around has been tough. But I start physical therapy Monday so wish me luck. Fingers crossed! On the bright side of things, both the snake and the moth icons seem to have gone over really well. I got a ton of compliments at the reception which made dragging my sore, throbbing foot out for the night worth it. And I found out this week that they both sold! Yay!!!

I’ll add a couple of detail shots of the above piece after the jump. Read more »

Encaustic Icon: Lepidopteran Still

Posted in Art, Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags , , , , , , , , on October 31, 2009 by ssstephg

encaustic icon by stephg
moth, encaustic, eggshells on cradled panel
6 x 6 inches

Another in the encaustic icon series, this one will probably require more work. There are times when I seem to find dead moths everywhere. Unfortunately, I’ve lost some of my best finds–I’ve somehow misplaced all of my big pale green luna moths and the perfectly preserved face complete with spiral tongue of the Sphinx Moth I found was eaten off by hungry ants. Damn ants always ruining the picnic.

detail photo and thoughtflow after the jump! Read more »

Encaustic Icons: Herpetological Relic

Posted in Art, Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags , , , , , , , , , , on October 24, 2009 by ssstephg


encaustic, snake and eggshells on cradled panel
6 x 6 inches
Yup, that’s a tiny little dead snake I found flattened on the road.
click to see larger image

This is an example of a series of encaustic works I started a couple of years ago and am about to pick back up. I’ve never gotten around to deciding how to present the work. I thought I wanted to build fancy guilt frames for all the pieces, but at this point I’m thinking that might be a little unnecessary, and maybe I should just stick with something simpler–no framing at all. I’ll let you know when I decide for sure.  There are more in the works.  I think so far I have started pieces using this snake, a moth, a frog and some hornets.

Some of you may be wondering, “What’s with the dead things?”  Here’s the explanation I wrote for my website where I still haven’t posted any of the actual work: Read more »

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