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Joanne Mattera
Silk Road 261 - Aqua Teal Mint Green Yellow Encaustic Color Field Painting, 2015

2015

$2,400
£1,801.60
€2,100.30
CA$3,398.89
A$3,408.28
CHF 1,971.88
MX$41,501.42
NOK 22,883.04
SEK 23,323.11
DKK 15,702.47

About the Item

Silk Road 261 is an aqua green and pale yellow encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel with a teal green edge. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Mattera’s paintings can be described as lush minimalism, the work is chromatically rich and compositionally reductive. Each painting in the ongoing Silk Road series is a small color field achieved by layers of translucent wax paint applied at right angles. The series, began in 2005, was inspired by the iridescent hues of slubbed silk, hence the title, but very quickly evolved into a more expansive exploration of color. In plying the richness of the encaustic paint against the austerity of a very subtle grid the artist sets in motion a dynamic in which color and texture jostle for primacy. A decade and almost 300 paintings later, the artist is still enthralled with this exploration. Mattera is the foremost expert in the field of encaustic painting and is the founder and former director of the International Encaustic Conference. Her artwork is in the collections of The New Britain Museum of Contemporary Art, US Embassies (Slovenia and Poland), US State Department, Bank of America, and Norwegian Cruise Lines, to name a few as well as numerous private collections. Mattera writes a contemporary art blog, she is a frequent guest speaker and curator and is a member of American Abstract Artists (NYC). The artist lives and works in MA and in NYC. Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated  beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The word comes originally from the Greek word “enkaustikis” meaning to “burn in” and the process dates back to the 5th century. The liquid or paste is applied to a surface—usually prepared wood. Metal tools and special brushes can be used to shape the paint before it cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax once it has cooled onto the surface. Because wax is used as the pigment binder, encaustics can be sculpted as well as painted. Other materials can be encased or collaged into the surface, or layered, using the encaustic medium and heat to fuse them to the surface. This work is part of a large ongoing series.
  • Creator:
    Joanne Mattera (1948, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2015
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 1.38 in (3.51 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Kent, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU19717659302

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