The Whole Ball Of Wax

May 23 - June 19, 2003

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"The Whole Ball of Wax" is illuminating how women artists are using this luminous and malleable medium. While the exhibition'sl focus is on encaustic, it includes two- and three-dimensional work with wax as the primary element.

Artists Represented:

Sasha Dela Anderson, Nancy Azara, Francesca Azzara, Kim Bartelt, Bellavia, Karen Benson, Angela Berkson, Laurel Garcia Colvin, Jill Douglas, Tamara El-Aasser, Barbara Ellmann, Mary Farmer, Cynthia Handel, Susan Lazar Hart, Carter Hubbard, Junko Iijima, Vaughnda Johnson, Olivia Koopalethes, Maria Pietri Lalor, Nancy Macko, Michelle Marcuse, Mari Marks, Nina B. Marshall, Mary Ellen McKeen, Lisa Ostapinski, Lynda Ray, Nola Richards, Paula Roland, Laurel Sears Rush, Denise K. Seider, Susan Sheedy, Liz Tran, Mona Waterhouse, Cynthia Winika, Donna Zarbin-Byrne

Juror(s): Joanne Mattera

Joanne Mattera has been a painter for 25 years. Over the past decade she has specialized in encaustic, showing her work in solo and group shows in the United States and abroad. Her recently published book, 'The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax' (Watson-Guptill, 2001) has become the standard reference on the subject. Mattera's artwork can be viewed on her website: www.joannemattera.com