January, Ros Crawford 1 2025

Artist statement

Rosslynne Crawford

My art for the past 25 years has incorporated paintings with geometric and figurative abstraction and sculpture from found objects.

For the last 6 years my new direction has been a 2000 year old art form called Encaustic that is experiencing a resurgence. The Greeks originally used it to decorate their warships. Also under Roman rule the Egyptians developed  the naturalistically painted Fayum Mummy portraits.

Encaustic is made from Beeswax with Damar resin added.To paint with encaustic you need to heat the wax and add dry pigments for colour. Many layers can be achieved and this gives great luminescence and very vibrant colours.

This exhibition's main subject focus is on the abstraction of aerial landscapes and maps that are made with cold wax medium. This is made from beeswax too with an extra ingredient of odourless solvent which then can be used without needing to fire it.

The majority of these pieces are Encaustic and cold wax with a few acrylic collages too.I love making art and teaching others to enjoy it like I do.

Roz Crawford