I work with encaustic (melted beeswax and damar resin) and cold wax (beeswax mixed with solvent) with various other media including water and alcohol based ink, shellac, dry pigment, graphite, oil stick and oil paint. I use a heat gun, butane torch, scrapers, sculpting tools, and sanders to manipulate the surface of my paintings.

Working in encaustic and cold wax is a bit like baking: They require a certain method and order to how other media and pigments are utilized. Each painting has many under layers of various colors, textures and materials; I use the tools above to add interest to the surface and selectively excavate areas to reveal its history.

For me, painting is like a road trip – a journey with an unknown destination. I begin my process with a rough map of general shapes, marks, or other compositional elements. As the piece progresses, I develop forms, color schemes and ideas that resonate with me. I let the painting evolve into what it wants to be. As in life, chance and random luck sometimes play a role, too. Throughout this process, intuition is in the driver’s seat.

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The Paintings

An abstract encaustic painting.

Fire Escape
30 x 30 inches
Oil, cold wax, graphite

Unframed but ready to hang
$1,200
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Painting called Tectonic

Tectonic
24 x 24 inches
Oil, cold wax

Unframed but ready to hang
$800
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An oil painting called Finite. Finite
30 x 30 inches
Oil

Unframed but ready to hang
$900
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A painting made with oil, encaustic, cold wax and graphite.

Urban Landscape
48 x 36 inches
Oil, encaustic, cold wax, graphite

Unframed but ready to hang
$1,500
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Emerge
30 x 30 inches
Oil

Unframed but ready to hang
$900
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A painting called Groundswell

Groundswell
18 x 18 inches
Oil, encaustic, cold wax, oil pencil

Unframed but ready to hang
$600
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An oil, encaustic painting called Floating Mountains.

Floating Mountains
16 x 16 inches
Oil, encaustic, India ink

Unframed but ready to hang
$500
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An oil painting called still life.

Still life with flowers and palette
24 x 18 inches
Oil, graphite, oil pencil

Unframed but ready to hang
$500
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An oil painting called Walk in the Rain.

Walk in the Rain
24 x 24 inches
Oil, oil stick, cold wax

Unframed but ready to hang
$600
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James Khatcheressian

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The Paintings

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