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About
the LESLIE NEWTON
Artist
I have been working in ceramics for over 20 years. I have created
some fantastic pieces, mostly animal-themed. Also I have made more
than my share of what I considered failures. There was just no spark.
About 5 years ago, I started printmaking. Mostly copper etchings. My
original goal here was to apply the images to ceramics pieces.
Then, last year, I started exploring watercolors. I have barely scratched
the surface, so to speak. And now it seems I have fallen down another
rabbit hole with encaustic!
About
the The work pictured here employs stencils or
Work photographs with encaustic medium. I tried to do
something with them besides just covering them with
wax. The very dark one is my great grandparents with
pieces of postcards that they wrote.
I’ve always enjoyed trees and images of trees and the
leaves reflect that, as you can see from the two leaf
studies at the bottom.
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