Fayum Mummy Portraits

Here are the Fayum Mummy Portrait replica paintings that were done in water-mixable oil. It was a final project for my Advanced Painting class. I selected the Fayum Mummy portraits as the Series of Paintings. The sizes for canvas are going to be “9 x 12” because it was originally meant to be on the sarcophagus after the deceased was mummified when the Romans adopted the Egyptian religious customs of the afterlife after they annexed Egypt following the deaths of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Therefore, it can be easier and simpler to use in contrast to the “18 x 24” canvas which is too difficult to handle. The first choice was going to be using all 4 of them on one canvas, but it can take 5 hours to do it and the second choice will be using 4 separate canvases. However, it can take time and patience to do it, although it can take a week to finish it. Secondly, the original colors of the Fayum mummy portraits from Roman Egypt had natural colors of grey, olive green, peach, yellow ochre, black, brown, and Tyrian purple which was an expensive dye made from murex mollusk. Secondly, I am working with the original colors of the Fayum mummy portraits from Roman Egypt which had natural colors of grey, olive green, peach, yellow ochre, black, brown, and Tyrian purple which was an expensive dye made from murex mollusk. First, the Portrait of a Bearded man from 160-180 C.E. The material was encaustic on limewood and it weighed "38.1 x 21.6 cm (15 x 8 1/2 in). It's located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York.
Next, the Mummy Portrait of the Boy Eutyches was a replica of the original from 150 C.E. The material was encaustic on wood and it weighed 38 cm (14/15/16) x 10 cm (7 1/2 in), and it was located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York. Secondly, there was a Mummy Portrait of a Woman that was made from encaustic wood from 75-100 C.E. which weighed 40 x 20 x 0.2 cm (15 3/4 x 7 7/8x 1/16 in.) Currently, it's located in the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA.
Encaustic portraits were made with beeswax along with colored natural pigments into the wooden panels.
The colors were made from raw materials that were grown into powder along with mortar. Later, it was put into a steep water bath that lasted 24 to 72 hours. Once the pigments were released, it was placed into the solution, mordants, and metal salts resulting in changing color. The solvent was evaporated and crushed into a fine powder that was placed into a wax binder. Finally, the new pigment was placed into a metal tin so it could be used for painting. Plus, the material will be water-mixable oil paint which is similar to molten wax will be inspired by reverse engineering of the pigment from the analytical comparisons in the research by using samples of each color with absorbance, transmittance, fluorescence, and lightfastness that will result in the effect of photo gradation to bring it back to a photorealistic appearance as if the deceased looked like in life.

I do not consent to having my art made into NF T's. I do not consent to having my art be put in NFT exhibitions, all art must have my name on it as credit.