Karon Leigh
Portfolio
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Geological Study 1
Since 2005 I have been painting
almost exclusively with encaustic.
I am drawn to its versatility, its
luminous and rich color and the
fast set up time, which allows
for very spontaneous creation.
Building up texture and moving
the painting away from the traditional
2-D surface I find to be an
exciting benefit to working with
encaustic. As I consider myself
a mixed media artist, I am often
incorporating other medium into
my work: oil paints, inks, collage
papers, photographs, found
objects and also experiment
with different substrates such as
gypsum board, Luann board,
fabric and papers.
The images shown here are
from a series developed from
time discovering the landscape
of Arizona, observing the rocks
and mountainous formations in
the southwest, always asking
the “what if” questions, “what if I
could take a slice out of this or a
sample out of that – what would
that look like, what story or history
could it tell and how does that
make me/you feel?”
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