Encaustic Photography and Printmaking

The use of beeswax is an ancient method of sealing in paint pigment to paper, photographs, canvas or board. You can print on a warming tray for creating mono prints or de'colage. One uses layers of forms, shapes, and colours, to marking and build the life of the print.

It felt like reviving an old dream when starting in 'encaustic' painting the last year. One can make a 'small studio' without having to buy an expensive printing press. A happy thought!

I've had a love for the art of printmaking in past years. At the university I stayed many late nights in the art studios, lost in the creation process. After graduation unfortunately, there was little access the well equipped studios while working full time in an architectural office... Careers and children left little time to continue painting for many years.

Now I'm creating a new studio space to bring hand made paper, painting and prints back to life!
It feels good to my hands and heart to free the creative process and work in painting media again.

Bolinas in Autumn

Cool Light, Ocean Breeze

Bay Laurel, Eucalyptus and Moss 

Wisdom of the Natural World Speaks

Through sunlight forms...

Foggy Coastal Mornings, Northern California

Something wonderful about being up early when all is quiet,
being alert to the inherent beauty of ordinary things,
the mystery of each day newly unfolding...

Northern California, September Walk

Opening Evening, Art Photography Exhibition

Thanks to everyone who came to the Art Exhibition Opening at Galería Casa Tota April 10th. 

Many thanks to Victoria, Jan, Marisol and all the many friends and supporters who helped 

in organizing. The show will be open daily until June, please stop by. 

A SENSE OF PLACE.

French Portfolio Prints

"Impressions"

New print editions of the French Portfolio Series will become available soon. This project started several years back when I was shooting film (with a 6x7 Pentax medium format camera) and living in a small village an hour northeast of Paris. Pierrefonds was the name of the village, a sweet place with an ancient castle, a forest and lake. Though caring for my two small children, I managed time (when they were at school) to photograph, build a darkroom and spend long hours processing and printing. Greatly inspired during this time I produced images for three solo exhibitions in one year! Now the work is digitizing images and printing them with archival inks and paper (Gicleé) and I quite like the result. Hope to have a online gallery ready in the next few weeks. The first of these "Woman of Light" and "Swan" are available now. Other images will be available soon. Please see the "Artist Statement" below and if interested please email me for more information: lauriecpb@gmail.com Thank you!

THE “IMPRESSIONS” SERIES

In this photographic work I am interested in making visual images that are not literal or documentary, but that emphasize the feeling of memory, or perhaps how our imagination “imprints” or views a particular place.

There is a classic element in these impressions, you may notice a feeling of old Europe. Certainly many places in France have a special presence about them and history. There is a mystery surrounding the many ancient fragments of these countries. Inspired by that mystery, and by the essence and beauty of these sites, I continue my interaction with them through photographic images. It makes me wonder, what has been lost, what has been retained?