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  • noun Plural form of encaustic.

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Examples

  • No. Lucian Freud could abandon his reclining nudes and paint abstracts, work in plywood and encaustics.

    Discussion: On Sex in Fiction 2009

  • Apart from this, the exhibition reminds us that monochromatic, achromatic, and gray paintings have been at the heart of Johns's work since the first gray encaustics in 1956.

    Lovable in Parts Dorment, Richard 2008

  • Her works look very textured, especially her encaustics.

    April 2006 2006

  • "But?" echoed Cigarette, leaning out of her oval hole, perched in the quaint, gray Moresco wall, parti-colored with broken encaustics of varied hues.

    Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

  • Fourteen artists, displaying 145 pieces of art in oil, acrylic, watercolor, copper sculpture, encaustics, photography and mixed media, are featured in the spring art exhibit at Davidson County Community College titled "Simple Complexity."

    Local News from The Dispatch | Lexington, NC 2010

  • And unexpectedly, the thick gray-green patina of Suzie Russell Hall's encaustics has the same cracks behind her brilliantly golden water lily that appear in Holly Senn's installation of tree trunks, created nakedly from book bindings and eloquent in their muteness.

    The News Tribune Blogs 2010

  • Tsouris has an eclectic style that encompasses encaustics, photographic transfers of collaged paintings onto aluminum or copper and works that incorporate tar, wax and pigments, according to information about the show.

    HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010

  • • Pat Spainhour's encaustics, also known as hot wax painting, involve using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added.

    Local News from The Dispatch | Lexington, NC 2010

  • And I don't know what it is about encaustics, but at least for me, if I meet another artist who works in encaustics, it's like an instant bond!

    Contemplating the Moon 2009

  • I am always available too if anyone has any questions about my work, or even specifically about encaustics. bridgette @ guerzonmills. com

    Contemplating the Moon bridgette 2009

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