Photograph of Artist BIRGIT HUTTEMANN HOLZ
BIRGIT HUTTEMANN HOLZ
Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan - United States



Original Artworks (6)

Birgit Huttemann Holz; Sleep On, 2009, Original Painting Encaustic, 80 x 80 cm. Artwork description: 241  beeswax, pigments, fire encaustic landscape...
Birgit Huttemann Holz
Original Encaustic Painting, 2009
80 x 80 cm (31.5 x 31.5 inches)
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Birgit Huttemann Holz; Thoughts Of Art And Poetry, 2008, Original Painting Encaustic, 80 x 80 cm. Artwork description: 241  beeswax, pigments, fire ...
Birgit Huttemann Holz
Original Encaustic Painting, 2008
80 x 80 cm (31.5 x 31.5 inches)
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Birgit Huttemann Holz; Serenity, 2009, Original Painting Encaustic, 36 x 48 inches. Artwork description: 241  beeswax, pigments, fire ...
Birgit Huttemann Holz
Original Encaustic Painting, 2009
36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
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Birgit Huttemann Holz; Grass, 2009, Original Painting Encaustic, 50 x 80 cm. Artwork description: 241  encaustic landscape, abstract landscape, done with beeswax, pigments, fire, razorblade ...
Birgit Huttemann Holz
Original Encaustic Painting, 2009
50 x 80 cm (19.7 x 31.5 inches)
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Birgit Huttemann Holz; Wherever You Are, 2008, Original Painting Encaustic, 100 x 100 cm. Artwork description: 241 encasutic landscape, abstract landscape,  landscape, encaustic painting on braced luan, yellow ochre, done with beeswax, pigments, fire, razorblade ...
Birgit Huttemann Holz
Original Encaustic Painting, 2008
100 x 100 cm (39.4 x 39.4 inches)
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Birgit Huttemann Holz; Come Away With Me, 2008, Original Painting Encaustic, 80 x 80 cm. Artwork description: 241  done with beeswax, pigments, on braced luan ...
Birgit Huttemann Holz
Original Encaustic Painting, 2008
80 x 80 cm (31.5 x 31.5 inches)
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Artist Statement

For me the art of encaustic is the scent of memories and dreams, sweet and eternal.

I paint with beeswax mixed with pigments, fuse each layer with fire (blowtorch), even paint sometimes with the destroying hungry flame.

I love the physical impact of the blowtorch, the evolving mountains and valleys, possibilities, lost designs in the mixing and melting beeswax. The inner voice - fire is literally the tool.

The use of the razorblade is thoughtful, thorough, controlled. Scratching away the layers, to get to the truth of a feeling, to reveal, to find the history of a painting is my greatest joy.

Encaustic is known as one of the most difficult mediums to work with. It is constant loss and restauration. It opens routes of seeing you would have never guessed.

The beauty of an encaustic paintings lies in its luminosity, transparent layers let you see through the surface- and you bounce back with light and awe.



-of an illiterate poet.


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