Ancient Process.
Contemporary Form.
Egyptian Dreams II
Encaustic on canvas - 72 × 48 in.
Hamptons Fine Art Fair
July 9–12, 2026 · Southampton, New York
Presented with Gallery Anderson Smith
Spotlight Artist, Kim Painter Chesney, will present selected contemporary encaustic works alongside leading galleries and artists from around the world.
Selected Artworks
Excavation Site No. 7
Encaustic on canvas - 62 × 62 in.
Unearthed - Site No. 6
Encaustic on canvas - 62 × 62 in.
Companions in Time
Encaustic, mixed media, on canvas - 50 × 74 in.
The Quiet Keeper
Encaustic, mixed media, on canvas - 52 × 62 in.
Kim Painter Chesney
b. 1954, Wakefield, Rhode Island
Chesney works in encaustic, a 2,000-year-old process whose name derives from the Greek meaning “to burn in.”
Using organic beeswax, resin, pigment, and handmade parchments sourced globally, she builds layered surfaces that evoke excavation, preservation, and transformation.
Process
Her process is deeply physical — each work shaped through repeated applications of wax, heat, and fusion.
The resulting surfaces carry traces of time, geography, and memory, balancing material history with contemporary abstraction.
