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Cate Cormack ? Unit 15 11-19 Cooper Street Byron Bay, New South Wales 2481 catecormack@icloud.com catecormack.com instagram: catecormack ? Education? ? Bachelor of Fine Arts and Diploma of Art Education from the School of the Art Institute (SAIC) of Chicago, U.S.A. Recipient of two SAIC Fellowship Grant Awards ? Exhibitions ? Exhibitions 2024 Ocean Shores Art Expo,Australia NSW.Recipient second prize:Acrylic 2023 Ocean Shores Art Expo,Australia NSW.Recipient first prize:Oil 2014 Queiros Galeria,Two Person Exhibition,Guanajuato, Mexico 2013 Casa Diana, Group Exhibition,San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2012 Ocean Shores Art Expo,NSW,Australia.Recipient first prize:watercolour. 2011 Still at the Centre?“Transparencies” 3 Person Exhibition,Byron Bay,NSW 2010 Practicing Artists Network,Northern Rivers Community Gallery,Ballina,NSW 2009 - 2017 Nancy Krause Design, Chicago, USA Rotating Solo Exhibitions 2006-2007 International Creative Community Collective Exhibitions: -Cultural Centre Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia -Bukgu Culture and Arts Centre Ulsan, South Korea -Hyundai Arts Centre Ulsan, South Korea -Gold Coast Council Chambers,Queensland, Australia 2005 Ocean Shores Art Expo,NSW.Recipient first prize:Mixed Media 2004 Ocean Shores Art Expo NSW,Recipient first prize:Watercolour ? Awards ? 2024 Ocean Shores Art Expo,NSW.Recipient second prize:acrylic 2023 Ocean Shores Art Expo,NSW.Recipient first prize:oil 2012 Ocean Shores Art Expo,NSW.Recipient first prize:watercolour. 2005 Ocean Shores Art Expo,NSW.Recipient first prize:mixed media 2023 Ocean Shores Art Expo,NSW.Recipient first prize:oil ? ARTISTS STATEMENT ? My approach is one of curiosity and delving into visceral feeling.The work becomes my divulging of reactions and interactions from both real life, imaginary worlds and my spiritual experience. As I work,I allow the artwork to reveal atmospheric environments and relationships among the shapes. Using the ?mediums of watercolour, oil and cold wax or encaustic achieves a balance of opacity and transparency. Thus I layer, bury and excavate the imagery as it evolves and is resolved. ? ? Artists Processes ? ?Encaustic Hot Wax Painting ? ? Encaustic is a wax based paint composed of beeswax, resin and pigment, that is kept liquid and molten on a heated palette. The cleaned beeswax is melted with damar (tree) resin so the wax will harden. The wax paint is colored by by mixing in oil colors or dry color pigments. It is applied while melted to a porous surface such as wood. It is then and then reheated with a direct flame in order to fuse the paint in layers as a painter would do using regular paint. ? Encaustic painting is an ancient technique used by the Egyptians for mummy portraits in 100-300 AD and by the Greeks for murals and it is as versatile as any 21st century medium. ? Encaustic is also the most durable artists' paint. This is due to the fact that beeswax is impervious to moisture. Because of this, it will not deteriorate, it will not yellow, and it will not darken.The translucency of the wax layers and depth of colour I can achieve with hot wax is similar to my works in watercolour.I have been producing both representational and abstraction which encaustic is naturally suited to. ? Cold Wax and Oil Painting ? Cold wax is a painting medium made with beeswax and resin mixed with solvent. Cold wax medium makes oil colors thicker, creamier and more matte. Unlike encaustic, heat is not required for working with this wax medium ? as it dries by solvent evaporation, rather than the cooling of the wax. Similar to encaustic I enjoy the experimentation, texture and the physicality of the paint layers and the density, almost impasto qualities, as well as the marvelous translucency the wax provides. ? I have worked with encaustic painting on wood and watercolor on plastic paper for years. Cold wax presented itself as an expressive medium where I can take an experimental approach using my existing skill. The working properties allow for great play using all sorts of mark making, texture imprinting, brush marks, and the ability to carve into paint layers with palette knives. Cold Wax also gives oil colors a beautiful translucent quality, similar to the encaustic. ? Watercolor Painting ? I used traditional watercolour methods for many years and have broken free using Yupo paper.Yupo paper is a synthetic water resistant paper. It is used primarily in the printing industry because it is very durable and holds printing inks with a razor sharp edge. When used with watercolor, the paint dries only by evaporation and there is no absorption by the paper as with traditional watercolour paper.? ? Yupo paper allows surface textures and patterns to form while the paint is drying.The watercolour has been applied with sponges, plastic, paper and paint rollers creating a rich textural surface Because the paper doesn’t absorb the water at all, the pigments?“swim on the surface” until the water evaporates.?This can make it difficult to paint precise details but produces interesting effects and an amazing depth of colour not usually experienced in watercolour painting. |
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