pamela farrell, lacuna 3, encaustic on panel

Just came across Pamela Farrell’s work on artreview.com today (local jersey artist!!!). i am really drawn to encaustic. I love both the physicality of the medium, encaustic paintings have such luscious surfaces that draw me in. Also, the glowing luminosity and color of encaustic painting is wonderful. Anyway, Pamela has some interesting works, check out more at http://pamelafarrell.com

EMBRACING UNCERTAINTY

My work is based on exploring the places that fall between the cracks of what I know, the areas of indeterminate boundaries. I am attracted to colors that are not easily nameable, form that is ambiguous. I frequently use meteorological and geographical metaphors and references in my work. Conversely, I also reference less tangible phenomena than geography and weather, perhaps making allusion to ideas that are beyond the physical and that speak of things metaphysical or spiritual. I use both the material and process of encaustic, with its molten, liquid pigmented wax, and its transformative abilities to produce dynamic layers of form, light, and ground. We are grounded in a physical environment, but also subject to the many elements of our existence which cannot be controlled. The struggle is in the conflict between an urge to control and the desire for flow and freedom, in life, in work, in art. [Read more…]