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Medium: Wax
Artist: Francie Hester
Intertwined N, multicolored mixed media painting on aluminum
Located in New York, NY
Painter Francie Hester, born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, lives and works outside of Washington, DC. In 1999, Hester abandoned the traditional practice of painting on canvas to explore the properties of painting on aluminum...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Crossing Lines #15, abstract mixed media painting on aluminum, multicolored
Located in New York, NY
Crossing Lines
The exhibition also includes Crossing Lines, a series created in collaboration with interdisciplinary artist Lisa Hill. This series draws on the literal and figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal, Wire
Convex 23-A (sculptural, layered, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
Convex 23-A (2023)
Acrylic and cold way on three segments of Aluminum
29 Inches
Hester’s practice is a meditation on both her personal and our collective pasts. Throughout her works, Hester consistently acknowledges the seemingly opposing forces that build our daily lives—creating an atmosphere abounding with both elegy and rejuvenation.
The artist’s technique of painting on each substrate—paper, plexiglass and aluminum—goes far beyond conventional brushwork. Through a painstaking and physical process, she applies and removes acrylic paint with the use of sanders, hammers, routers and drills, in a continual process of building, breaking and rebuilding. Surprisingly, even the works on paper are sanded. Surfaces are mottled and textured, scraped and punctured. Layer upon layer of striated, thick colors dance astride more delicate patterned areas, created with collaged bits of metal leaf and complex cross-hatching marks. Yet, strikingly, the eye finds places of rest as colors and patterns conjoin harmoniously, and chaos and control share spaces.
Sculpture / Painting / Sanding / Aluminum / Silver / White / Blue / Green / Yellow / Segments / Geometric
About the Artist:
Francie Hester works principally on sculpted aluminum, steel and plexiglass, in a process-based practice that builds pixelated and vibrant pigments in deep layers with patterns of drips, grids and fragmented shapes that are then deconstructed through sanding, scraping, drilling and cutting to reveal the finished, textured surfaces.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in Jordan, Ulaanbaatar, Ireland, and Costa Rica, and in solo exhibitions with Susan Eley...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Acrylic, Wax
Axis 29 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Intertwined 20-2, small mixed media work on paper, yellow and silver
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic, wax and aluminum leaf on paper. 15.5" x 15.5" framed.
Shown at VOLTA New York 2020. Aluminum leaf shines in the light.
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Wax, Acrylic
Axis 47 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Confluence 22 D (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
Confluence 22 D (2022)
Acrylic, aluminum leaf, and wax on aluminum panel
50 x 42 inches
Hester’s practice is a meditation on both her personal and our collective pasts. Throughout h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Wax, Acrylic, Panel
Crossing Lines #3, abstract mixed media painting on aluminum panel, blue tones
Located in New York, NY
Crossing Lines
The exhibition also includes Crossing Lines, a series created in collaboration with interdisciplinary artist Lisa Hill. This series draws on the literal and figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal, Wire
Crossing Lines #2, abstract mixed media painting on aluminum panel, green
Located in New York, NY
Crossing Lines
The exhibition also includes Crossing Lines, a series created in collaboration with interdisciplinary artist Lisa Hill. This series draws on the literal and figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal, Wire
Crossing Lines #11, abstract mixed media painting on aluminum, red and white
Located in New York, NY
Crossing Lines
The exhibition also includes Crossing Lines, a series created in collaboration with interdisciplinary artist Lisa Hill. This series draws on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal, Wire
Confluence #3, small abstract work on paper, multicolored and silver
Located in New York, NY
Confluence continues the dialogue of the Daily Drawing Series, a visual diary that integrates day-to-day imagery to narrate a story about shifting time. In Confluence, the layering of fragmented and unfolding circles -- the underpinning for each piece -- defines a sense of deep and evolving space...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Paper, Wax, Acrylic
Unfolding H, white and multicolored abstract painting on aluminum, mixed media
Located in New York, NY
Painter Francie Hester, born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, lives and works outside of Washington, DC. In 1999, Hester abandoned the traditional practice of painting on canvas to expl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Confluence #17, small mixed media work on paper, neutral tones and black
Located in New York, NY
Confluence continues the dialogue of the Daily Drawing Series, a visual diary that integrates day-to-day imagery to narrate a story about shifting time. In Confluence, the layering of fragmented and unfolding circles -- the underpinning for each piece -- defines a sense of deep and evolving space...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Paper, Wax, Acrylic
Confluence #4, small abstract work on paper, multicolored and silver
Located in New York, NY
Confluence continues the dialogue of the Daily Drawing Series, a visual diary that integrates day-to-day imagery to narrate a story about shifting time. In Confluence, the layering o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Paper, Wax, Acrylic
Axis A (sculptural, layered, blue, painting, abstract, patterns)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Confluence 23 B (sculptural, layered, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
Confluence 23 B (2023)
Acrylic, aluminum leaf, and wax on aluminum panel
50 x 42 inches
Hester’s practice is a meditation on both her personal and our collective pasts. Throughout h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Wax, Acrylic, Panel
Confluence 23 A (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
Confluence 23 B (2023)
Acrylic, aluminum leaf, and wax on aluminum panel
50 x 42 inches
Hester’s practice is a meditation on both her personal and our collective pasts. Throughout h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Wax, Acrylic, Panel
Confluence 22 C (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
Confluence 22 C (2022)
Acrylic, aluminum leaf, and wax on aluminum panel
50 x 42 inches
Hester’s practice is a meditation on both her personal and our collective pasts. Throughout h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Wax, Acrylic, Panel
Axis 48 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 46 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 45 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 41 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 40 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 35 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 36 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 33 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 26 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 23 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 21 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 20 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 19 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 18 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 15 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 17 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 8 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 9 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 6 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Axis 4 (sculptural, texture, painting, abstract, patterns, geometric)
Located in New York, NY
In the “Axis” series, recollection pivots around vivid, etched markers of moments, days, events—an axis of reference points. The work’s surfaces are integral to this exploration—the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Metal
Confluence #6, small abstract work on paper, multicolored and silver
Located in New York, NY
Confluence continues the dialogue of the Daily Drawing Series, a visual diary that integrates day-to-day imagery to narrate a story about shifting time. In Confluence, the layering o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Wax
Materials
Paper, Wax, Acrylic
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