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I am very excited about an Art Exhibition that I have been invited to participate in. It is the third installment of the Irvington Invitational Art Exhibition in Northeast Portland curated by Thomas Malcom Cook, a local artist himself.

The Irvington Invitational Art Exhibition was established in 2007 with the goal of giving artists underrepresented by the gallery system a venue to express their artistic visions.

Artists showing will be:

Adam Arms

Amy K Drew

Julie Eggers

Nicholas Goodman

Bunny Huggins

Karl Kaiser

Susanne Kelly

JoAnn LeVee

Kay Myers

Suzanne Preble

Jim Richards

Carrie von Kiel

Opening Reception - Friday, July 31st, 7pm-10pm
Showing - Saturday, August 1st, 10am-4pm

2440 NE 11th Ave

Portland, OR 97212

(on the corner of 11th and Brazee).

I will be there during the entire showing, so stop by if you have a chance.

Karl W. Kaiser

This is a piece hanging currently at the church called "The Grove". This was an interesting piece to do, lots of layers and experimenting with different instruments for carving.

I'm a member of the local chapter of IEA and we meet once a month to discuss upcoming shows, get feedback on our work and do projects. This month we were all supposed to do something relating to dessert. I decided to make this piece entirely out of wax (except for the inside of the cupcake, which is a block of wood). It turned out to be really fun to make and has me thinking of other ways I could use this concept. The plate is wax as well.













Karl

New Pieces

Here are some new pieces from a current show.

A Triptic called Steel Blue.

Red Petals and Limeaid

Dancing Sea and Blue Hawaii

Here is a piece that recently sold.

I'll post better photo's soon.

Karl

Open Meadow

20" x 48"

Colors

Here are a few new pieces I've been finishing up during the "storm of the century".

Title: "Red Swirl" Size 18" x 18" - Encaustic

All images created and copyrighted by Karl Kaiser.

Title: "Red Petals" Size 18" x 18" - Encaustic

All images created and copyrighted by Karl Kaiser.

Title: "Petalpalooza" Size 18" x 18" - Encaustic

All images are created and copyrighted by Karl Kaiser.

Let me know what you think,

Karl

More Process

So, more on the encaustic process.

I take bits of beeswax (below) and melt it with damar (resin or sap)......

Then pour the liquid through a strainer (to catch any stray resin bits) into silicone cups that are left to harden in the freezer.

The "cupcake" sized wax is then melted again in individual pots where I add color or leave it clear.

Here I am building layers on a piece. I normally put on a few layers of clear, then white before I start putting any color on.

Between each layer I "torch" the wax to adhere it to the previous layer. Sammy is not particulary happy with the torch usage in the house.

More later,


Karl

Building The Base

You can apply encaustic to different types of surfaces, for example canvas or wood. I prefer wood because of the stiffness if provides the wax, but it's really a personal preference. Luckily, I happen to enjoy working with wood, so I build my own supports or bases. Building my own supports allows me to use recycled wood as much as possible. It also gives me an excuse to use power tools.

This weekend, I built some larger supports to begin working on new pieces for a show in November. I'll tell you about the show as the date gets closer.

Here are some photo's in my shop (aka very small garage).

Later,

Karl