New Work for HIVE Project In Nacogdoches at Cole Art Center

The images below are three of my hexagon pieces that will go in the HIVE exhibition at the Cole Art Center in Nacogdoches in November. The Cole is part of the Stephen F. Austin School of Art.  HIVE is a HoustonWAX project. Artist from both the Houston and Dallas groups will participate.  Included in the project is an exhibition of hexagonal shaped paintings with  encaustic paint being the medium; a panel discussion amongst local bee keepers, environmentalists and artists to be scheduled one evening of the exhibition to discuss among other things, the latest news regarding CCD; and a viewing of Laura Tyler's Sister Bee.   For one, this exhibition/project is designed to heighten community awareness of the importance of the honey bee  to the production of our food sources. Keeping the bees healthy is another issue we want to discuss in light of the recent decline of the honey bee population due to what has been called  Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD. Just this week an  announcement was made about exciting progress being made regarding locating the cause of this disorder. For the past several years there has much speculation regarding the cause of CCD but until now none of the studies had been able to pin point the culprit so this is very good news indeed. 

These hexagons will be displayed as if connected together. Title for
this one  is Swarm I. 

Title: Queen's Chamber
Each hexagon is 16 inches across the longest point. These are all painted with encaustic
paint on luan on 1 1/2 inch cradles. 

Swarm II

NEWS! My Summer Workshop Schedule

In addition to the workshops I instruct at the Lonestar College-CyFair campus in the spring and fall every year, I am excited to announce my new summer workshops schedule. These will  are held in my own studio rather than at school. 
Encaustic Workshops this summer are typically two day sessions that run from ten in the morning until four thirty in the afternoon with a break for lunch around twelve thirty. All materials and equipment are provided with the fee. Workshops offered are two Beginning Level workshops and one Intermediate Level.  I am also offering some Open Studio time in three hour sessions but artists must supply their own paints and panels.

Fall schedule will be up shortly. The fall and spring workshop at Lonestar College is through Continuing Ed and you have to go to their site to register for that. Go to this Link and search for Encaustic Painting or the course numbers.  Here is the course number: CARTS*3800059*CY200 (44040)

Click  G Plunkett Studio/Workshops Workshops for summer schedule.

New Stuff - Skin Deep

Above: Bird's nest paper stack
Below:Detail of one of the sheets with holes burned.

Detail of Slow Burn Red (Bird's Nest paper, encaustic, and oil bar on panel.)