Work samples

  • Star Power
    Star Power

    11" x 14" Image on cradled board

    Medium: Encaustic, Photograph, and Oil Pastel

    Available for Purchase
  • Jetty
    Jetty

    11" x 14" Image on cradled board

    Medium: Encaustic, Photograph, & Pastel

    Available for Purchase

About Cathy

 

BRIEF ARTIST BIO

            Cathy Leaycraft was born in New York City and raised mostly in the Philadelphia area.

         Her mother frequently took her to… more

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Encaustic and Photography

          About five years ago I began experimenting with the hot wax medium Encaustic. Encaustic gives my photographs the texture and depth I have long admired in paintings. In addition, I can manipulate the surface with traditional and non-traditional objects, like brushes, hammers, dental tools etc. I can also scrape out areas revealing more of the photograph underneath.
 
The process:
            A mixture of beeswax and damar resin is heated to about 200 degrees and applied to a surface. In my case, the surface is one of my photographs printed on watercolor paper and mounted on board. After each layer of wax cools, it is “fixed” by reheating the wax with a heat gun. Additional layers are added in a similar fashion. I use three or four layers before making textural patterns in the wax surface, carving out elements, or adding pastel pigments. 

  • First Light
    First Light

    12" x 12" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board. 

    Available for Purchase
  • Sky Light # 3
    Sky Light # 3

    14" x 11" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board.

    Available for Purchase
  • Planetary Lines: Earth # 18
    Planetary Lines: Earth # 18

    11" x 14" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board. 

    Available for Purchase
  • Planetary Lines-Earth # 15
    Planetary Lines-Earth # 15

    12" x 16" Encaustic, Photograph and Pastel mounted on board.

  • Earth Angles #6-72-3000.jpg
    Earth Angles #6-72-3000.jpg

    Encaustic on mounted Photograph. View of clouds, water, and rock jetty.

    Available for Purchase
  • View from Rt 6
    View from Rt 6

    12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board. 

    Available for Purchase
  • Cape Light
    Cape Light

    12" x 12" Encaustic, and Photograph  mounted on board. $300.00

    Available for Purchase
  • Planetary Lines-Earth #4
    Planetary Lines-Earth #4

    12" x 12" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel, mounted on board. 

  • Planetary Lines-Earth # 5
    Planetary Lines-Earth # 5

    12" x 12" Encaustic, and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00

  • Shore Line # 2
    Shore Line # 2

    12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board. 

    Available for Purchase