The ‘ORIGINS’ Series
Photograph with encaustic wax. A kind of Big Bang. Divine intervention . The birth and expansion of thought. Moving from a state of nothingness into matter. Creation in a vast cosmic mist.
Photograph with encaustic wax. A kind of Big Bang. Divine intervention . The birth and expansion of thought. Moving from a state of nothingness into matter. Creation in a vast cosmic mist.
Photograph with encaustic wax. Gaseous atmospheric happenings. Vaporous airspace. Volatile, toxic, and threatening. Peaceful, heavenly, and etherial. Planetary ether.
Vintage envelopes encased in encaustic wax. 50 letters from 100 years ago. Stories, tales, chronicles, history, gossip, speculation, fabrication, confessions, betrayals, truths, and loves. The lost and fading novella.
Mystical insects, born, caterpillar, cocoon, resurrection, and adopting natural camouflage to blend into surroundings of leaves, lichen, bark, and rock. Nature’s couture. Dappled earth toned capes, geometric symmetry in evening wear, sipping nectar in feathered antennae, and attraction to the celestial light.
These are photographs with encaustic wax paired with carved and torched wood. Aerial views of desert terrain, abstract, geometric, and monotone. Randomly cultivated landscape – marks on the planet surface. Followed by destruction, poison, and depletion – charring the jeweled veneer.
New artwork from the series ‘ASHLAND’ – Photography with encaustic wax paired with carved, torched wood. Each 22×22″
New artwork from the series ‘ASHLAND’ – Photography with encaustic wax paired with carved, torched wood. Each 22×22″
Michael Palladino carved ‘VORTEX’ mural 2, nine panels each 22×22, carved wood, white wash, and encaustic wax
Michael Palladino carved ‘VORTEX’ mural, nine panels, each carved wood, white wash, and encaustic wax-all 22×22″