Enamel Paint Sgraffito

Create enamels using a paint sgraffito method suggestive of linocut or woodcut designs. Paint sgraffito gives you the chance to create spontaneous marks and rich textures. The enamel can be further developed with color painting and optional quill pen drawing. Make several small pieces that are wonderful inspiring samples or suitable for wall art. Some enamel knowledge helpful, but all levels are welcome.

$60-$80

Kathleen Wilcox is a contemporary enamel artist born in Coconut Grove, Florida. She spent her early years in the tropical outdoors with her father, a naturalist, who worked for Crandon Park Zoo and the Miami Seaquarium. Also, her aunt and uncle owned the Miami Sepentarium. As part of her childhood playground, she enjoyed feeding manatees, sitting on huge land turtles, handling reptiles, snorkeling, roaming the Everglades, visiting Seminole villages, and collecting specimens on the bay flats and mangrove swamps. Collections of tree snails, shells, bones, feathers, Native American artifacts, tropical fish, reptiles, and animals surrounded her. These early experiences with the natural world continue to influence the images in her enamels. Her enamels celebrate the sense of wonder and renewal that she finds in nature’s gifts. She keeps the inspiration alive by kayaking with her husband on the springs, rivers, lakes, and coastline of Florida.