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trace 002 encaustic on panel 12 X 23 X 3”

trace 002 encaustic on panel 12 X 23 X 3”

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Artist Biography:
Jane Nodine was born in Spartanburg where she was introduced to art at an early age in the Spartanburg County District Seven school system. She continued her study through high school and into college where she was awarded MFA and BFA degrees from the University of South Carolina. In 1999 Nodine developed a program in art and Italian culture that gives students an opportunity to study and travel in Italy for college credit.
Nodine is currently Professor of Art and Gallery Director at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Her work has taken many forms over the years including techniques in drawing, painting, design, jewelry-metalsmithing, installation, and photography. Her most recent research involves computer manipulation of digital imagery and techniques. In 2006 Nodine began research in encaustics and integrated the process into her work.
Nodine’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe and she has been recognized with numerous awards including an NEA/SECCA Southeastern Seven IV Fellowship from the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and two South Carolina Arts Commission Artist Fellowships. In 1999 Nodine was selected by the South Carolina Arts Commission and the South Carolina State Museum as one of the one hundred most significant artists in South Carolina during the 20th century.

 

 

Jane Nodine

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About the Work:

“Having worked in a variety of materials and styles during my career, I tend to make creative decisions based on the process that will render the best results for my ideas. In recent years my primary research has involved computer manipulation of digital imagery and techniques for merging traditional photography and drawing with new forms of imaging and print technology. In 2006 I began developing a body of work using the materials and processes of encaustic that is derived from the Greek “enkaustikos”, which means “to heat” or “to burn”. The medium consists of beeswax melted with a resin to impart hardness with which I imbed various marks, materials and images. I often describe my approach to making art as a process of excavation where visual and conceptual clues reveal ideas and images that emerge in both anticipated and unexpected ways, but where destination is never the same twice. There is no map, no definitive ending or preconceived plan of travel, only a sense that something waits to be revealed.”