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In my work the figure is at the center of a mystical and symbolic universe. The medium of encaustic provides a place for this union of form and content: the wax surface is the skin, the skin bears the marks of a story. It is within this interplay of image, abrasion, luminosity and texture that I create an opportunity to find something, a space for things to fall into place.
: : Chattanooga Arts Tour](/users/PeggyPetrey8627/images/PeggyPetrey8627711708.jpg) In my work the figure is at the center of a magical and symbolic universe. The medium of encaustic provides a place for this union of form and content: the wax surface is the skin, the skin bears the marks of a story. It is within this interplay of image, abrasion, luminosity and texture that I create an opportunity to find something, a space for things to fall into place. I work in the ancient medium of encaustic: pigmented beeswax mixed with resin. Working methodically on wood panel, I build up hundreds of layers of color and texture using molten wax. In between each brushstroke I use heat to bind each layer to the one set down before it. [Encaustic, from the ancient Greek enkaustikos, means to heat or to burn, is found in the portraiture of Greco-Roman Egypt, from 100 B.C. to A.D. 200.] Once the wax is cooled, I inscribe the surface with marks, textures, and symbols that unify the strata of the wax.
In my work the figure is at the center of a mystical and symbolic universe. The medium of encaustic provides a place for this union of form and content: the wax surface is the skin, the skin bears the marks of a story. It is within this interplay of image, abrasion, luminosity and texture that I create an opportunity to find something, a space for things to fall into place.
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