Art by Medium: Encaustic
2010s Impressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Paper, Encaustic
1980s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Acrylic, Pencil
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Plaster, Wood, Sumi Ink, Encaustic
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil
2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Mulberry Paper
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic
Artist Comments
A cradled panel is laid with vintage sewing tissues as a mordant to adhere the beeswax. I did an underpainting in ink then used a prismatic palette to lead th...
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic
2010s Color-Field Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Panel
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil, Board
2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Canvas, Mixed Media, Encaustic
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Silver
Artist Comments
Artist James Hartman draws inspiration from the experience of seeing sunlit colors and details appearing through the strong vertical tree pattern. He expresses the painting sections to appear like stained glass. James highlights small areas where collaged 100-year-old paper show through the surface, he does this in a non-disruptive way. James applies heat to fuse the oils into a mixture of beeswax and damar crystals to seal the work.
About the Artist
When James Hartman was in art school, he became fascinated with the Society of Six, a group of artists who painted en plein air (outdoors) and exhibited together in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th Century. James's paintings of the Northern California landscape pay tribute to some of the great Bay Area artists of the past. His expressive scenes feel alive through his vibrant use of color and his painterly brushwork. James’s paintings have an immediate visual impact from a distance, yet up close, dissolve into a series of confident marks and strokes. There is a simultaneous complexity and steadiness in his flattened, color-blocked planes. Knowledge and observation are essential elements of James’s working practice. To this end, he spends a large proportion of his time painting on location. His body of work captures the fresh and sunlit essence of the coastal California hills.
Words that describe this painting: expressionism, encaustic, beeswax, collage, antique ephemera...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Gold Leaf
1980s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Acrylic, Pencil
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil, Board, Tissue Paper
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Board, Plastic
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Wax, Encaustic, Oil
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Paper, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Cardboard
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Board
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Panel, Digital, Monotype, Thread, Wood
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil
2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Board, Oil
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Paper, Encaustic, Board
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Board
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil, Board
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Metal
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil, Board
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Paper, Encaustic
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Oil, Board
1950s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Paint, Encaustic, Board
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Digital, Monotype
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Panel
2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Wood Panel
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Board
2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic
2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic
1970s Art by Medium: Encaustic
Canvas, Encaustic, Cardboard
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Oil Pastel, Wax, Encaustic, Oil
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Oil Pastel, Wax, Encaustic, Oil
1980s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Acrylic, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Digital, Monotype, Watercolor, Panel
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Wood Panel
1980s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Acrylic, Pencil
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
2010s American Realist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Board, Encaustic
2010s Color-Field Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic, Panel
2010s American Impressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic
Encaustic
1960s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic
Paper, Pastel, Encaustic, Gouache




