CUNI WATER SOLUBLE ENCAUSTIC
We will continue our trend to write about some of the outstanding artists that have joined us in our club. One of the latest is Surrey based Jabeen Ghauri. In her own words: “My work is influenced by my life in East Africa and my love of the outdoors. I am attracted to light in…
One of the most recent artists to join our fan club of Cuní’s water soluble encaustics is the fabulous Jane Tan. A visual artist based in Auckland, New Zealand, she specialises in beautifully delicate mixed media abstracts. Describing herself as an artist of inquisitive nature, she loves to experiment with medium and materials. In her…
We are delighted to report that the fabulous South African artist Debbie Field has joined the club of fans of Cuní Colours. Not only has she send us two pieces to share with you, she also told us about her painting experience: ‘I have also combined them a little bit with oil sticks, and with…
We haven’t shown you artwork of one of our favourite artists Down Under for a long time. Ken Raffe has been one of the first artists to fall in love with Cuní’s water soluble encaustic and has ever since been producing stunning pieces with it. Ken was educated at Ealing School of Art here in…
We are super excited that legendary American painter Jasper Johns has been using Cuní’s water soluble encaustic for some of the pieces of a recent retrospective exhibition of his art in Houston. Presented to inaugurate the Menil Drawing Institute’s new building, The Condition of Being Here: Drawings by Jasper Johns followed how both chronology and…
A really interesting article has been published in the Heritage Science Journal. José Cuní has fought relentlessly since the 70s to prove that most ancient Roman murals have been falsely classified as frescos when indeed they were painted with water solube encaustic. After having his finding validated only 4 years ago by the Royal Society…
We have just received photos of Chinese artist Yen-Ching Lu’s very successful solo show ‘Wonderful Time’ at the art center of the prestigious Tsinghua University in Taiwan. Yen-Ching Lu, Professor Emeritus in Fine Art at Hsinchu University, specializes in screen-print and aquarelle techniques of the Far East. For the pieces shown she mixed her own…
To brighten up this rather gloomy January (it’s currently really grey here) and inject some colour into the world we have decided to give a 10% discount on all our Cuní Colour range until the end of the month. Just use the coupon code ‘January Colours’ on our website at checkout and get your 10%…
We have just discovered this brilliant – and very unassuming – Taiwanese amateur artist through our Cuní Encaustics colleagues in Taipei. He wants to be known simply as 馬修 (Matthew to you and me) and specializes in moody urban landscapes. In his own words: ‘I walk the streets, watch, listen, think.’ He uses Cuní’s water…
Richard Harrison, Iain Faulkner and Christopher Thompson, three outstanding artists represented by the renowned Pontone Gallery in Chelsea’s Albemarle Street, are currently experimenting with our paint. We are totally delighted and can’t wait to see the results… Watch this space! For more info about the artists go to www.shineartists.com. Here is a sample of their…