Tony Sherman

Much like a topography

Tony Scherman is a Toronto based painter who works primarily in encaustics - hot wax mixed with pigments. His works are usually huge close ups of faces that fill the entire space of the composition, that in the words of one critic make them "read as much like a topography as a physiognomy". Working in encaustics provides an instant patina of age to the work and provides an especially seductive surface. The artist comments that "this is a very sensual painting, this is painting that acknowledges the world of flesh and the senses, things that are present in my life..."

stuart, Canada - 12 March 2008