"WAX" .. Encaustic exhibition .. The Scarab Club, Detroit

I am currently in an encaustic art exhibition in Detroit's Scarab Club. The Scarab Club is historic in Michigan (the building and the organization).

It was founded in 1902 and is one of Michigan's oldest

arts organization. I don't know if you can read this, but

on the beams of the upper floors are autographs of

Diego Rivera, Marchel Duchamp, Norman Rockwell and other artists.

The scarab is an Egyptian symbol of rebirth, and

it represents the club's "commitment to the perpetual renewal 

of the arts in Detroit."

The plaque states that it's architecture is based

on Northern Renaissance Revival style. Besides a gallery for

exhibitions, it houses artist's studios, classrooms, and 

upstairs is where parties and gatherings take place.

Below are photos of some of the exhibitors with encaustic used in a variety of techniques.

Barb Williams, "Amber"

(very large .. almost lifesize)

Michelle Schaefer "Red Oak Nebula"

Encaustic

Two pieces by John Cynar

"Black Stone" tar, wax, inkjet photo

(the black halves are tar and the other 

halves are encaustic over digital photo)

Detail of one of the insets (in tar) 

of one of John Cynar's pieces

(they look like slices of reeds)

Three dimensional piece

by Evelyn Bachorski-Bowen

"Portrait of a Soul, #6"

plaster, sisal, and encaustic

(the armature is sisal)

Olga Dermendju, "Untitled Nest"

Beeswax, fabric, wire

Rosemarie Hughes, "Mother's Milk"

Mixed media assemblage with encaustic

Candace Law, "Post Industrial II"

Mixed media and encaustic

Michelle Schaefer, "Where the tars Once Shown: Red Giant"

encaustic and oil

Detail of Michelle's piece above

with three dimensional elements emerging

from the surface

Leslie Sobel, "Fjord, Ice & Water"

Encaustic, digital print, & collage

Doloris Slowinski, "Silk Road Relic: Turfan"

Wool, horsehair tapestry, antique silk, wax

and mine . . Janna Gougeon, "Babel Series, #1"

Encaustic, oil, and mixed medium

It was wonderful to meet all the artists who work with wax, and one of them lives only blocks from me!!