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Sketching New Woodcuts in the Sun Shine.

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Etching in wax and Developing Surface Movement through Scraping

More detailed pictures of this piece to come, should be wrapping this 10 foot encaustic up this weekend!

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Details

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Painting

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New painting in progress

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Earth Day

Happy Earth Day! These are the closed outer panels of Bosch’s, “Garden of Earthly Delights”, 1504. While Bosch had a pretty unique world view, it means a lot to me to see imagery like this along side...

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New drawing in progress, shown here at three different stages. 13″ x 54″ Charcoal on Gessoed Paper Mounted to Panel.

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New studio set up!

Added a 9′ x2.5′ table and now I have tables around the whole studio! One of which converts to a full size table saw.

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Woodcuts

Cutting downward resting the block from my lap down to the table. Much easier on the hands.

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Simultaneous Passage at the Southwest School of Art, San Antonio

Tagia, Detail, Oil Glazes on Steel, 24″ x 32″, 2013 I am busy preparing for my solo show, Simultaneous Passage, at the Southwest School of Art in July. These are just a couple of the new pieces that...

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New Landscape Technique In Progress

I have been working on combining encaustic and charcoal drawings. Including a series of tests to confirm the process is archival. I am not aware of very many people doing this, so I am excited to try...

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Vacation Leave = All Day Studio Days; Woodcuts and Paintings

Bringing in Some Color Prepping For Woodblock Printmaking Rolling and Registration Station Peeling Back a Fresh Oil Print Studio View Hanging to Dry Block Detail Inked and Ready to Print Pulling a...

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How to Care For Encaustic Art

Detail from “Galbraith”, Encaustic and Oil on Found Wood, 16″ x 26″, Vincent Colvin, 2013 I’ve noticed that there are concerns and misconceptions out there about encaustic art and how to care for it in...

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Artist Talk: Vincent Colvin @ Southwest School of Art

Meet the Artist: Vincent Colvin I will be giving a talk about my latest work now showing at the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio. I will be sharing many of the tools, processes and techniques for...

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Archival Characteristics of Encaustic

Part II: I wanted to explain some of the properties of encaustic and provide a guide for understanding more about the medium for artists, galleries and buyers/collectors. Steenstrup, Encaustic on...

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Austin Museum Day: Encaustic Demo

I will be giving a demo in encaustic at The Contemporary Art School @ Laguna Gloria this Sunday between 3-4 PM in Studio 3. The grounds at Laguna Gloria are a great place to stroll through and this...

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Upcoming Classes @ The Contemporary Austin Art School

Hi all, I have some great classes and workshops coming up soon check them out: This weekend: Portfolio Prep Workshop   Instructor: Colvin    Tuition: $49.00 Sat 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm  09/21/13  End...

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Video: Art Talk @ The Southwest School of Art

I have had many questions about how I made the piece Simultaneous Passage. This video focuses on the part of my recent art talk about the work. Insight about the techniques and ideas behind the piece...

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A weekend @ The Contemporary Austin: Museum Day Demos, Openings, & Cocktails

It was great afternoon to share encaustic with Museum Day guests at Laguna Gloria.  The grounds were particularly beautiful on this sunny cool day, a welcome change to our Texas summer. Musicians were...

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Upcoming E.A.S.T. Exhibition @ Up Collective, Austin, TX

Come out and see my new work at the East Austin Studio Tours! I have new paintings on view at my new downtown studio. I will also have many prints (framed and unframed) for sale. I recently opened a...

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