Mary Black received her MFA from the San Francisco
Art Institute and BFA from Sonoma State University. Her
abstracted encaustic paintings have been exhibited nationally
to include the prestigious Encaustic Works ’07 juried
by acclaimed artist Joan Snyder. She has been the recipient
of many awards and recently her work was chosen to appear on
the label of the highly touted Eric Kent Cellars 2005 Chardonnay
wine. Mary and her husband reside in Sonoma County, California
where they also grow premium chardonnay grapes in the celebrated
Russian River Valley.
Encaustic painting is a method utilizing a paint
which consists of beeswax mixed with pigment and fused with
heat, thus fixing the colors in the process. |
Contact:
beezwax@sonic.net
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