I Made This Batik Painting Out Of Silk Using Water Based Silk Paints And Cold Resist

I have spent the last 30 years discovering and creating my own techniques for painting on silk.

The results are new and fresh never a before seen style that is influencing the batik silk world.

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Scarlet Macaw

I Made This Batik Painting Out Of Silk Using Water Based Silk Paints And Cold Resist

This piece shows the living colours of nature. The silk medium is perfect for creating vibrant and textured colors.

Macaw painted on silk

This video simply depicts my wet on wet painting style on silk.

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Daniel Jean-Baptiste

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Daniel Jean-Baptiste is a Caribbean artist of Dutch Jewish, African Kalinago Carib descent who resides in St. Lucia and Canada. His art focuses on underwater scenes, game fish and their prey, tropical botanical themes, and exotic animals. He was inspired by his childhood spent fishing in Choiseul and hopes to bring attention to the beauty of his island home through his artwork. He uses 10mm Habotai silk as his canvas and is the originator of the shimmering light water technique, which involves painting with liquid paints on wet silk using Sumi bamboo brushes. The finished product is water-resistant and vibrant due to the translucency and natural luster of the silk.