About

Victoria Primicias is an encaustic artist who likes to create art that resonates with the quieter, more reflective nature of our being. Voluminous clouds, lapping waves, or a stooped, solitary tree evoke a momentary desire for contemplation and solitude. It seeks to connect at a deeper level.

Encaustic paint is a mixture of beeswax, damar resin and colored pigment. The paint is melted at 200 degrees F and applied in 6–20 translucent layers onto a wooden panel. Each layer is fused to the layer beneath to create, in effect, a big ball of wax. Tree bark, sand, nails and other materials may be embedded in the wax for heightened effect.

The history of encaustics dates back over 4,000 years to ancient Greece and Rome. It was popularized in Egypt where 600 works survive from 100-300 A.D., a testament to its longevity and beauty through the ages.  

Primicias has lived in Manila, Toronto and Chicago. Warmer weather and friends beckoned her to NC in 2009, and she now calls Wake Forest her home.

Primicias has a graphic design degree from George Brown College, Toronto, and a bachelors degree in Fine Art History from the University of Toronto.