North Point is an outcropping of very old limestone, located close to my parent’s home in a neighborhood where my father grew up. There, conditions change over the seasons and as the lake water rises and falls. I have returned to it many time taking photographs along the shoreline, often aiming the camera down to photograph algae covered pools of water among the bedrock and places where the limestone drops off into the lake. The organic nature of the algae and lake debris contrasts with the hard surface of the limestone.
In this work the photograph is abstracted and reduced to a black and white image which is then collaged with wax medium on to a heavier piece of water color paper. Transparent layers of colored encaustic wax are added to complete the composition.
The piece is mounted to a board so that it can be hung without framing and floats away from the wall for about 1 inch.
- Subject Matter: abstract
- Collections: North Point Series, work on paper