About the Artist - Revin

🔸Me and encaustic wax painting go back to 1996 when I discovered this technique at an artist fair in France. Looking at what a small low-heat artist's iron could do with melted-coloured wax bars on thicker, glossy paper was mesmerizing. My creative cells within were having a party of the millennial. So, obviously, I signed up for a weekend workshop, got all the material needed and learned to create magic. 

🔸For a few years, it was great to paint cards and bookmarks but I had a bigger vision: admiring this unique art like a painting on a wall. The issue was finding a way to make it happen without the paper waving. It wasn't great! Nor could I settle on seeing such beauties hidden behind a glass frame only to be hung on a wall because of the incredible textures that will be lost to the eyes (for the most part) and the constant heat from being behind a glass frame.

🔸I needed to find what kind of canvas to use to go bigger! Now, you may ask why haven't I looked online or on YouTube since it's pretty much the place to find answers to any questions, and you would be right except that the exclusive use of an artist's iron and wax bars, is still only associated with the glossy paper. Other artists do not use an iron at all but rather a hotplate and brushes for mixed-media painting. Not at all what I want and am passionate about.

🔸After a few trials with regular cotton or linen canvas, it became obvious that a wooden surface would do the trick only with the popper gesso. I'll pass on more details to find the recipe to make it work but I finally found it. Maybe I am a bit stubborn by making it such a challenge but I can't help myself, I am in love with this technique that allows me to create only one unique original and exclusive painting as no duplicate is possible.

🔸The way the encaustic-coloured wax is applied on the surface of the iron's sole and how you make it glide around, the direction you take, etc. make it just impossible to recreate. Trust me, I tried but you know what, this makes it even more special to own!