Anne Straus

Artist

Encaustic Paintings

The encaustic process features oil paint and beeswax mixed in a heated solution. It is painted on layer by layer. The pigments in the oil paint are protected by the wax so the color remains true. The art of encaustic painting was begun over two thousand years ago in Greece. All my paintings are permanently framed with wood. Some have photographs collaged in them. Some have photo transfers. Some are only encaustic paintings.

 

Black and White House
20″ x 15.5″
2005
$200

Calm Down
22.5″ x 18.5″
2007
$200

Fish
19″ x 27.5″
2005
$200

Coming Up
22.5″ x 18.5″
2007
$200

African Castle
17″ x 13.5″
2007
$200

Grounded Dreams
14″ x 14″
2007
$200

Antique Game Board
22.5″ x 20.5″
2005
$200

Mountain Range
20″ x 19″
2005
$200

Millet Welcome
18.5″ x 18.5″
2007
$200

Face Mask
23″ x 15″
2007
$200

Screen
17.5″ x 17.5″
2005
$200

Granary
13.5″ x 15.5″
2007
SOLD

Gurensi House
14″ x 18.5″
2005
$200

Honor the Spirit
20″ x 32″
2005
SOLD

The curator at the Springfield Ohio Art Museum volunteered to paint the walls behind the paintings for my show there, and I decided instead to paint an almost life size acrylic painting of a building in Ghana.  It is 8’ x 16’, the width of my garage/studio.  The edges are fringed with handsewn African recycled glass beads.  Price is $2000.

Courtyard in Ghana
8′ x 16′
2007

This short video goes more into the inspiration behind these paintings: