The Newburyport Art Association is delighted to announce “Ebb and Flow”, an exhibition of recent encaustic paintings by award winning local artist Robin Luciano Beaty.
Robin works in the ancient medium of encaustic: a molten beeswax mixed with resin and dry pigments. She describes in her statement how the medium of encaustic provides her with an exploratory means of expression that everyday artists techniques can not; “My process is driven by the visceral experience of discovering something reminiscent rather than recording a specific space. The act of scraping, tearing, building up and burning down the layers of wax from the surface is metaphor for digging into memory, and allows me to navigate that internal journey.” She adds “It is the intention of my work that the viewer see the personally familiar from a foreign perspective, concentrating on the often over-looked and unconventional.”
Beaty’s new body of work is mostly large in scale, mainly 3ft to 4ft square, commanding you to be physically encompassed in the atmospheric emotion translated so seductively by wax. Although this series instills an obvious sense of ethereal seascapes, they remain ambiguous yet curiously nostalgic, pushing the viewer to revisit images from their own recollections, sparked by the sensory experience of texture and touch. More information at www.robinlucianobeaty.com.
This show runs until June 6th.
Robin Luciano Beaty is an award winning painter out of Byfield, Massachusetts. Her work has been featured in multiple solo exhibitions. Represented in many private and corporate collections internationally, her work can also be found in galleries around the US and numerous group and juried shows. Robin was awarded the 2009 International Encaustic Painting Conference Award for Best in Show in the exhibition curated by Nicholas Capasso, chief curator of the Decordova Museum, as well as multiple NAA Awards including Excellence in Mixed Media at the 12th Annual Regional Juried show.
Most recently Robin was the Winner of the “Spotlight on the Arts Award” for ‘Outstanding Abstract Artist of 2009′ and featured in the” Wire” Magazine as one of 2009′s most intriguing artists.
Robin works primarily in the medium of Encaustic, which she incorporates mixed media, vintage materials, textiles and found objects. Her work has been described as “beautifully conceptual, satisfying mind and spirit simultaneously”, “deliciously collectible” and “three dimensional memories, complete with the haze of emotion and romanticism.” Robin maintains a studio which she recently completing building herself in Byfield Massachusetts.
