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Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch
Winter 32
Fields, 2011, 8”X8”, encaustic with ink, charcoal and
tar paint.
But more than this; the true purpose of my time
there was in the aisles.
Anyone with a pulse could’ve walked in there,
taken stinky thick marker in hand and created
the necessary signs for the day. But not everyone
could’ve taken those trips down the aisles and come
away with the same rekindled passion, reignited
desire, re-purposed sense of direction that I did.
These trips down the lumber, paint, light bulb aisles
ignited a debunk passion to paint. And not just any
paint; encaustic paint.
This same year Encaustic Workshop hit the store
shelves to blazing applause. It was about time-I
think we can all agree! I was just the blessed individual
portioned out to be the author; thank you God!
The beauty came in its creation of course, but also
in its existence-of which I was only a player. This
fact was not lost on me as I also faced dramatic
personal life changes to match this professional
one.
Which finds me at Home Depot, walking the aisles
at 4 am….its amazing what an artist can discover in
the rows of home improvement supplies!
Plaster, tar, spray foam, nails, washers, interesting
trowels and roofing materials…I was a kid in
a candy store! After the ‘all the rules and proper
techniques’ of Encaustic Workshop I felt released
to explore and experiment to my heart content! And
explore I did.
Encaustic Mixed Media was the birth child of my
10 months at Home Depot. A second book; one I
swore I wouldn’t write and I was sure would put me
under. As in 6 feet under. But, I had crossed over;
over the divide of don’t, shouldn’t, mustn’t and no
Becker 1, 2011, 24”X24” encaustic with burned
encaustic board and panpastel.
into the world of ‘why not’ ‘how come’ and ‘what if’
and there was no return….
I experiment. I am an experimental encaustic artist.
And I love it. For me, there is no other way. And
I want to free others to explore to their hearts
Btk Gifting, 2011, 8”X8”, encaustic with panpastel.
content as well. Whether within the bounds of
archival, ancient proprietary techniques, or stretching
into the arena of melding the new with the old,
the undiscovered with the foundational, the proper
with the potential. To each their own has never had
more value and worth than in this medium. To each
their own is the value added benefit of encaustic
and I hope to be the force behind making this so;
to bringing the timid, the unsure, the experts, the
learned alike to the dynamic, all-inclusive wonder
that is encaustic alone. It is there. Now let it in.
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