Beguile, the Encaustic Way

Another featured genius for you. BS ART STUDIO subhead reads " No BS, Just Awesome Affordable Abstract Art". Quite frankly, it's true but "ethereal" might have been more fitting. These panels don't demand definitive interpretation. I envy those who create encaustic paintings so beautifully. Her vision is our fortune. And she doesn't demand Jasper Johns prices!

Just what is encaustic? Shelly describes it this way... "Encaustic is the process of painting with wax, resin and pigment" The process, unlike basic oils or acrylics, paints a dimensional surface like no other. The wax seems to levitate opaque content in a chimerical way. The fantastical outcome is quite unexpected. To illustrate what I mean, here's the detail from one of the "mixers", as Shelby calls some of her offerings... Paint is suspended in the wax and is almost granite-like in appearance. Plus, BS ART's color spectrum is so varied that I can't imagine there isn't one that would grace your home beautifully.

Mixing and matching the panels really gives the buyer control of the end effect. Appealing as that idea is, be sure to consider other paintings at BS as well. The triptychs are stellar. Some of my favorites? SUMMER HEAT and LAZY RIVER. The difficulty of managing the end vision is where each encaustic artist is challenged. Once the heating process is finished, the painting hardens quickly but BS ART has mastered it beautifully.

At the risk of sounding like an addict, and I assure you that I'm not - unless you count art as drug, I dare to suggest these paintings seem representational of altered states. Her paintings seem opiate-like but without the toxic effect. Lucky for us. No B.S.!