THE ENCAUSTIC CENTER // FEB 19 // 6 - 9PM
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CARYL GORDON
The Encaustic Center:
580 W.Arapaho Rd. #271
Richardson, TX. 75080
214-405-5993
theencausticcenter.com
The encaustics evolved from the monoprints I have been creating over the past
14 years. They are essentially collages using wax as an adherent. I also use the
wax to paint areas of the collage. When I construct my monoprints, I often use
found objects of flat metal, plastic or wood with unusual textures and shapes to
emboss my plates. I now use these same textures and shapes in my encaustics in
a variety of ways. Sometimes, I will cut up my monoprints to basically recycle
them, using the chosen portions for collage purposes. In addition, I make my
own fabric designs on raw canvas using the before-mentioned found objects as
stencils, spray painting the canvas with fabric dyes. I use these pieces of cloth in
my collages as well. In fact, I use whatever I can find that interests me, a real
recycling endeavor, for collaging, stenciling, stamping, tracing, etc.

I have been a fine art printmaker since 1996, making mostly monoprints in my
home studio in Plano,Texas. I started my art education at the Art Student's
League in New York City during high school, studied a year at The School of the
Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts and received my BFA from The
Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture in New York City in 1975. After four
children and a freelance photography business, I went back to my art full time.
Since then, my prints have been in juried shows in museums, galleries, universities
and art centers all over the country. Just last year I discovered The Encaustic
Center in Richardson, Texas and my passion for encaustics came alive! I am
tremendously excited by what is for me a new medium, and I hope y'all enjoy
looking at my encaustic collage/paintings as much as I have enjoyed creating
them! To view more of my work, please visit my website at
www.carylcgordon.com
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