Work samples
About Cathy
BRIEF ARTIST BIO
Cathy Leaycraft was born in New York City and raised mostly in the Philadelphia area.
Her mother frequently took her to… more
Encaustic and Photography
About five years ago I began experimenting with the hot wax medium Encaustic. Encaustic gives my photographs the texture and depth I have long admired in paintings. In addition, I can manipulate the surface with traditional and non-traditional objects, like brushes, hammers, dental tools etc. I can also scrape out areas revealing more of the photograph underneath.
The process:
A mixture of beeswax and damar resin is heated to about 200 degrees and applied to a surface. In my case, the surface is one of my photographs printed on watercolor paper and mounted on board. After each layer of wax cools, it is “fixed” by reheating the wax with a heat gun. Additional layers are added in a similar fashion. I use three or four layers before making textural patterns in the wax surface, carving out elements, or adding pastel pigments.
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First Light
12" x 12" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board.
Available for Purchase12" x 12" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board. $300.00.
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Sky Light # 3
14" x 11" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board.
Available for Purchase14" x 11" Encaustic, Photograph and Pastel mounted on board, $325.00.
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Planetary Lines: Earth # 18
11" x 14" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board.
Available for Purchase11" x 14" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel mounted on board. $325.00
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Planetary Lines-Earth # 15
12" x 16" Encaustic, Photograph and Pastel mounted on board.
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Earth Angles #6-72-3000.jpg
Encaustic on mounted Photograph. View of clouds, water, and rock jetty.
Available for Purchase11" x 14" Encaustic, Photograph, and pastel mounted on board. $325.00
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View from Rt 6
12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board.
Available for Purchase12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00
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Cape Light
12" x 12" Encaustic, and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00
Available for Purchase12" x 12' Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00
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Planetary Lines-Earth #4
12" x 12" Encaustic, Photograph, and Pastel, mounted on board.
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Planetary Lines-Earth # 5
12" x 12" Encaustic, and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00
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Shore Line # 2
12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board.
Available for Purchase12" x 12" Encaustic and Photograph mounted on board. $300.00
Transforming Identity: Sex Change at Sixty-Six
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Belle Book CoverCover of my book titled Transforming Identity : Sex Change at Sixty-Six.
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FishnetsBelle's experiment with fishnet stockings.
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Winter WillowWinter portrait of Belle at the beginning of her Transgender Journey.
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Emerging FallPortrait of Belle in the fall.
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Summer ParasolSummer portrait of Belle with pink parasol.
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LipstickBelle learning to use makeup.
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Feather EyesBelle entertaining me with a feather mask.
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BeguileBelle in her dining room wearing blond wig.