Collection: Sarah Hunter
After graduating with a BA Hons degree in Graphic Design in the UK, I proceeded to make a successful career as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator for over twenty years. Since moving to Canada, I have been pursuing my passion for encaustic painting. I apply the pigmented wax in many luminous and complex layers. Oil pastels, raw pigments, shellac and graphite are incorporated and fused into the surface with a blow torch. Each layer is reheated to be made smooth or built up to create texture and often etched into by delicate mark making or carved to reveal the history of the work.