Fresh Perspectives: Works in Encaustic Mixed Media
Artist Statement Mixed-media artworks created by Trish Korte explore pattern in a variety of formal structures, engaging aesthetic rules and omissions. Recent works continue to incorporate printing and layering in the medium of encaustic painting and collage articulated in both two and three dimensions. Underlying each work is a print. Whether it be the beauty of worn text or the appropriation of labels, a variety of print informs the work. Found materials worn by experience, or new materials created through deconstruction are a constant thread through the art. An ethereal transformation is created through the ancient medium of encaustic, a blend of beeswax and damar resin. The encaustic process casts the layers of pattern and color showcasing a fascination with weathered surfaces and textures. Whether strictly design or a subliminal narrative the goal of the work is to glow with color and texture. |