Daphne Holland is a practicing artist from Austin, Texas. She studied at Pratt Institute, California College of Arts &
Crafts in Oakland and graduated with a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas in Austin. In 2006, Daphne started experimenting with encaustic paint. Her paintings use this ancient technique in a modern way by layering beeswax with pigment and fusing them together with a heat gun. She is drawn to encaustic painting because of the unlimited possibilities of depth and layering.

Encaustic paint is pigment in a beeswax and resin base. It is the very earliest known form of painting, it predates oil, fresco, tempera, etc., and was first used by the Greeks over 2000 years ago. The Fayum Mummy Portraits have survived from the Greek and Roman empires and are still as vibrant and colorful today as they were when they were painted.

Work available at
Gay Fay Kelly Art
call for an appointment: 917-0133

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