brigitte brüggemann
studio
14 Condesa road Santa Fe NM 87508 - Website
Encaustic paintings
The technique: Beeswax and damar resin melted together with pigment, then applied while hot and fluid to a panel, each layer is fused with the previous layer with a hot air gun or torch. How the medium flows with the hot air is often a surprise and part of the magic for me, plus the wonderful smell of beeswax in the studio, the rich transparent surface, smooth or bumpy ---
ahh wonderful and delicious --- also an homage to the bees.....
My most recent series of small 8x8x1,5" panels started with a question: "What if"...
taking a playful approach, making spontaneous, no-mind decision about color, shapes and line but then going back to the conscious decision making about formal elements.
I am happy with the results of this playful uplifting series of little paintings. they are ready to hang without a frame and work well in multiples.
"Evening Light"
8x8xx2x' encaustic $550.
"Dreaming" 12x12" $450
"May First" 16"x12"x2 panel $600
"Lily of the day" 13x13" framed black $450 "Go With The Flow" 13x13" framed black $450
"A river runs through it " 12x12x2"panel $500.- "Winter Sun #1 12x12x1/2"panel $450
"Walk in the Woods 10x10" framed white $250 "Flight" 13x13" pannel $450
Note: the frames for these (if they are framed instead of being on a 2" deep panel) frames are shadow box frames in black, white or silver the choice has been made according to the painting colors
I"Let it Take You" 12x12 in blacxk frame $450.-
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"Morning song #1" 11"high x 11.5" framed $350 "Morning song #1" 11"high x 11.5" framed $350
"La Vie en Rose" 8x8x1,5" on cradle board $550.- "Morning Mist Rising" 8x8x1,5 on cradle board $550.-
"Longing" 8x8" $550. "The White Line" 8x8" $550
"Heart 4 U" *x8x1.5" panel $550.-