Women in Art 278 Magazine January 2017 | Page 10

AMERICAN ARTIST BARBARA HRANILOVICH ENCAUSTIC

AMERICAN ARTIST BARBARA HRANILOVICH ENCAUSTIC

As a lifelong artist

I have worked in a wide variety of media and enjoyed each for its singular properties . The variety keeps me learning and what I learn from each medium teaches me something for all the others . Several years ago I was offered some encaustic supplies , giving me the opportunity to try a medium about which I was only vaguely aware . It was love at first melt . With encaustic one can build texture , etch , transfer , carve and scrape , or just lay down wonderfully translucent color . The end result begs to be touched and smells divine . While it will never be my only medium , it ’ s a permanent part of the studio .

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