Art Madella-mella - contemporary paintress
Art Madella-mella
ABOUTME
Born in Bregenz in 1971, I grew up in Bregenz.
While my professional career developed exclusively
and successfully in painting, I´m lucky to be a mother
of 4 children.
My preferred painting technique is encaustic painting.
The love for this painting technique with its unlimited
possibilities of expression, the intensity and
luminosity of the colors speaks for joy and liveliness.
An old handicraft technique, implemented in the
modern time mind, colourful, playful in detail and yet
with a certain straightness- characterizes my style.
Characterized by the spiritual transformation
following the movement of the moment
be free from any imagination
to arrive at the destination
with the gift of deep contentme
I prefer not to fit myself into a style that is dogmatized by words and the past, because that would be limiting in my eyes.
Therefore, I prefer to write here only about the painting technique I use.
My preferred painting technique is encaustic painting. The love for this painting technique with its unlimited possibilities of expression, the intensity and luminosity of the colors speaks for joy and liveliness.
The technique used is called encaustic and, translated from ancient Greek, means hot burning. I use pigmented beeswax, which I apply hot to cotton canvas and burn it in. I share the view of previous artists who believed that they materialize their own thoughts and feelings and shape and consolidate them using fire, burning them irrevocably, so to speak. Since this technique was created around 3000 BC, I see myself as the guardian of an old technique by keeping it alive through practice, improving it and also passing it on to others so that it does not, as was almost the case in medieval times, falls into oblivion.
