Marco Montanari

Born in 1952, Marco Montanari was raised in Buffalo N.Y. His art education includes a minor in Fine Arts at Erie Community College and at the State University of N.Y., as well as ongoing art studies in sculpture, life drawing and painting throughout the years. In 1993, while living in Saratoga Springs N.Y., Marco developed a process of sculpting wax on a wood lathe and then painting the sculpted surfaces with paraffin wax. These sculptures were designed as luminaries with the painted surfaces glowing when lit. In 2000 Marco began to experiment with translating these techniques into Encaustic painting on canvas board. In 2003 Marco and his wife, Kathy Zilbermann, relocated to Boulder Colorado where he is currently working exclusively in Encaustic painting.