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Sabine Miner — encaustic

The Arts Center Exhibits:

• Deb Curtis and Sabine Miner, Corrine Woodman Galleries, 2012
• Sabine Miner, Corrine Woodman Galleries, 2010

Artist's Statement:

I paint!
I paint because it makes me happy!
My art is not art because of skill or craft or meaning -
But because I summon it out of the depths of my being.-
My art does not need meaning to be art, it must simply be an extension of myself. Art for me is a need, like air or water, I must be creative to be whole.-
I paint fantasy, floral and feelings....

Sabine Miner paints in an encaustic technique on canvas, board and Styrofoam sheets. She is giving us the following definition:
"Encaustic: painting with beeswax is the oldest painting medium there is. Over 2000 years ago the ancient Greeks, Egyptians and Romans used wax as a painting medium. It was melted, colored with earth pigments and used to create pictures. I use a pigmented beeswax/Damar medium and apply it with heated irons and other implements to a non-absorbent surface. I love the brilliant colors, the smell of beeswax and the interesting textures that almost appear like magic. I love the element of surprise this techniques presents. During the process of painting I find my image."