Ruby Sky, Oil on Linen wrapped canvas by Bente Hansen

Ruby Sky 18x24 Oil on Linen Gallery Wrapped Canvas  SOLD

The sunsets we have in Powell River are amazing.  I didn't start out to paint a sunset but the painting took over and here you are.  There are many rich colours including magenta and violet.  The painting was started with an underlay of transparent colours and from there the majority of it was done using a palette knife.  Thick and juicy.

Blessings for a fabulous day.

Bente

Breaking Free revisited

Breaking Free Revisited 10x18 Encaustic Sold

As I"ve mentioned, one of the beauties of Encaustic is that you can go back and back and back into the wax and keep adding or taking away.  In this one I added something that I am not familiar with.  Neutral White.  It's not a bright white.  I added it to the upper layer and then pooled the wax so that the lower layer would come through.  Meld together.  I think this gives more of the floating feeling that I was searching for.

Blessings for a great day.

Bente

Roiling, Encaustic painting by Canadian artist Bente Hansen

Roiling, encaustic on Cedar Plank Panel 6x16  $125

This encaustic painting has plaster in the bottom dark areas.

I had been reading about an artist that found a way to use clay in her encaustic painting.  Since clay sometimes has a hard time attaching to clay I thought this to be a very complicated approach.  My thought was that if I used plaster, like the plaster that was used to set broken arms, and then added wax to the plaster on the hot plate then the plaster would attach to the bottom layer of wax.  It worked very well.  This way I could get the texture of rocks or anything needed to add height to the piece.

Blessings for an inspiring day.

Bente

Of the Wild, Encaustic Painting by Canadian Artist Bente Hansen

Of The Wild   Encaustic  Sold

This painting has collage paper and sand in it for texture.  I enjoyed adding the splashes of white texture with encaustic dry brush.

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I do enjoy receiving comments but this seems very complicated to me.  There must be an easier way.

Blessings for a great day.

Bente