ENCAUSTIC
I bought a DVD from Elizabeth Schowachert who creates beautiful artwork in both encaustic and in encaustic monotypes. Elizabeth also makes and sells amazing tools, especially usefully for monotypes. Looking at her website makes me feel like a kid looking at a candy counter. Check her out! Her work inspired the first four lovely encaustic paintings and I have several others started.
This collection of paintings shown below (and slow to load) began in late 2017. The most recent work starts on this page and gets older as you progress through the pictures. My paintings were generally on cradled panel; however, last spring I received a Greater Columbus Arts Council Resource Grant to allow me to work larger and to experiment with Gatorboard, a strong, lighter-weight substrate. Most of my work is encaustic with multi-media (meaning I have added something such as ink, pastel, or shellac). Click on a picture to see the full piece. At the end of the paintings (my beginning) you will see Artist’s Proofs on paper where I first experimented with new materials and techniques.
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Lunaria
Encaustic on cradled panel, 18″x24″x1.5″ Sold
Desert Rose
Encaustic on cradled panel, 12″x16″x1.5″ $245
Oriental Poppies
Encaustic on cradled panel, 12″x16″x1.5″ NA
The East Wind
Encaustic on cradled panel, 6″x6″x1.5″ NA
Vortex
Encaustic and Mixed Media, dimensions coming – $220
Radiance
Encaustic and Mixed Media, dimensions coming – $220
Red Sky At Night
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 21 x 16 x1″, Framed – NA
Many Moons Ago
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 21 x 16 x1″, Framed – In the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Encaustic Art in Santa Fe, NM
Fairy Pools
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 21 x 16 x1″, Framed – $285
Dragonfly Wings
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 21 x 16 x1″ – Framed – NA
The Ascent
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 31 x 21 x 1″, Framed,NA
It Was A Dark And Stormy Night
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 21 x 16 x1″, Framed – NA
Meander
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 6 x 6 x 1.5″ – $80
Regrowth
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 5x3x1″ – $50
Land Bridge
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 5 x 7 x 1.5″ – $80
Connection
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 5 x 7 x 1.5″ – $80
Sand Lagoon
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 6 x 8 x 1.5″ – $80
Churn
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 6 x 6 x 1.5″ – $80
Approaching
Encaustic and Mixed Media, 5 x 7 x 1.5″ – $80
Night Passage
Encaustic and Mixed Media on cradled panel, 18″ x 24″ x 2″, NA
Colonies
Encaustic and Mixed Media on cradled board, 32″x16″x2″ – NA
Eruption
Encaustic and Mixed Media on Gatorbord, 16″x21″x1″ framed – $285
Birds & Bees
Encaustic and Mixed Media on cradled panel, 6″x8″x1.5″ – NA
Portal
Encaustic and Mixed Media on cradled panel, 6″x8″x1.5″ – $80.
Revealed
Encaustic and gold foil on cradled panel, 8″x10″x1″ – NA
Saffron Basin
Encaustic & mixed media on cradled panel: 6″x12″x1.5″ – NA
Canyon Stream
Encaustic & mixed media on cradled panel: 10″x10″x1.5″ – NA
Appalachian Twlight
Encaustic & mixed media on cradled panel: 6″x12″x1.5″
Within My Heart
Mixed Media on Panel, 10″h x 8″w x 1/4″d – NA
Shelter
Mixed Media on Panel, 10″h x 8″w x 1/4″d – NA
What We Do
Mixed Media on Panel, 10″h x 8″w x 1/4″d
Autumn Explosion
Mixed Media on panel, 5″h x 3″w x 1.5″d
Cañón de la Mariposa
Mixed Media on Panel, 10″h x 7.5″w x 3/4″d
Madagascar
Mixed Media on 3 Panels, 14″h x 34″w x 1″d – NA
Summer Fling
Mixed Media on Panel, 3″h x 5″w x 1.5″d
Lava Surf
Mixed Media on Panel, 3″h x 5″w x 1.5″d – NA
Interstices
Mixed Media on Panel, 4″h x 6″w x 1″d
Twilight
Mixed Media on Panel, 4″h x 6″w x 1″d
Seattle Dinnerplate
Mixed Media on Panel, 4″h x 6″w x 1″d
Out of the Waves
Mixed Media on Panel, 4″h x 6″w x 1″d – NA
South China Sea
Encaustic and ink on panel, 5”h x 7”w x 1”d – NA
Siberian Iris
Encaustic and shellac burn on panel, 8”h x 10”w x 1.3”d
Chiroptera
Encaustic, ink, and shellac on board. 7″h x 5″w x 1″d – NA
Tyger Tyger Burning Bright
Mixed Media on Panel, 5″h x 7″w x 1.5″d
Spring
Mixed Media on Encaustibord, 6″h x 6″w x 1″d
Waters From The Endless Space
Mixed Media on paper on panel, glue burn 10″w x 10″h x .75″d
Nopales
Encaustic and Gold Leaf on Encaustibord cradled panel 10″ x 8″ x 1.7″ Sold At Hayley Gallery
Rosemary’s Rhubarb
Encaustic an foil on panel, 6″h x 8″w x 1.5″d – NA
Nebula
Mixed Media on Panel, 18″h x 24″w x 1.6″d – NA
Deep Woods (watching me)
Mixed Media on 2 Panels, 6″h x 14.25″w x 1.5″d – NA
Dream Catcher
Mixed Media on 2 Panels, 5″h x 10″w x 1.5″d
Climbing The Wall
Encaustic and Foil on Encaustibord, 6″h x 6″w x 1″d – NA
Lily Pads
Encaustic and Foil on Encaustibord, 6″h x 6″w x 1″d – NA
String Of Pearls
Mixed Media on paper on panel, glue burn 10″w x 10″h x .75″d – NA
Emergence
Encaustic on panel, 18″h x 24″w x 2″d – NA
Fire Line
Mixed Media on 3 Panels, 7″h x 15-5/8″w x 1.5″d NA
Hot Spots
Mixed Media on Panel, 6″h x 12″w x 1.5″d
Dual Planets
Encaustic on Panel, 12″h x 6″w x 1.5″d – NA
Red Iris
Encaustic on Panel, 6″h x 6″w x 1.5″d
Comet
Encaustic on Panel, 6″h x 6″w x 1.5″d NA
Atoll
Encaustic Mixed Media on 3 panels, 6″h x 12.5″w x 1″d – NA
Stardust
Encaustic on panel, 6″h x 8″w x 1″d
Spring Floods
Encaustic and Rust on panel, 8″h x 10″w x 1″d
Impact
Encaustic with copper and foil on panel, 5″h x 3″w x 1.5″d
Garden Path
Encaustic and gold on 1/8″ Encausticbord 5″h x 7.5″w x .5″d – NA
Chiroptera (bats)
Mixed Media on Panel, 6″h x 4″w x 1″d – NA
Yellow Matter
Encaustic and gold leaf on panel, 5″h x 7″w x 1.5″d – $65
Red Cosmos
Encaustic with foil on panel, 5″h x 7″w x 1.5″d
Landslide
Encaustic on panel, 7″h x 5″w x 1.5″d – NA
White Dahlia
Mixed Media on panel, 4″h x 6″w x 1″d NA
Red Tide
Mixed Media on panel, 6″h x 6″w x 1″d – NA
Inner Spiral
Mixed Media on panel, 5″h x 7″w x 1.5″d – $65
Garden Gate
Encaustic and gold on panel, 3″h x 5″w x 1.5″d
Solar Flare
Encaustic on panel, 5″h x 3″w x 1.5″d – NA
Excavation
Encaustic and rust on panel, 6″h x 12″w x 1.5″ – NA
Jaipur Moon
Mixed Media on panel, 4″h x 6″w x 1″d – $55
Copper River
Encaustic with gold on panel, 6″h x 6″w x 1″d – NA
Orange Dahlia
Encaustic with gold on panel, 6″h x 6″w x 1.5d” – NA
Dragon Series #7
Mixed Media on Panel, 7″h x 5″w x 1.5″d – NA
Blue Cineraria
Encaustic with Gold on Panel, 6″h x 6″w x 1.5″d – NA
Under the Sea
Mixed Media on Panel, 6″h x 8″w x 1.5″d – NA
Casa Bonita
Mixed Media on Panel, 12″h x 6″w x 1.5″d – NA
Well of Jewels
Mixed Media on Panel, 6″h x 6″w x 1.5″d – NA
Reach Out
Encaustic and Rust on Panel, 2 panels, 10.3″h x 5″w x 1.5″d – NA
Follow Your Path
Mixed Media on Panel, 5″h x 3″w x 1″d – NA
Eve’s Garden (watch for snakes)
Mixed Media on Panel, 22″h x 22″w x 1″d
Moons of Jupiter
Encaustic on Panel, 8″h x 10″w x 1.5″d – NA
Dragon Series #5
Mixed Media on Panel, 5″h x 3″w x 1.5″d – NA
Seascape, Sunrise
Encaustic on Panel, AP 3″h x 5″w x 1.5″d – NA
First Snow In the Garden
Encaustic on Panel, 6″h x 6″w x 1.5″d – NA
Lariat
Mixed Media on Panel, 6″h x 6″w x 1.5″d – NA
Moon Over Copper Canyon
Mixed Media on Panel, 5″ x 3″ – NA
Terraform #1
Encaustic on Paper, AP. 5.5″h x 5.5″h – NA
Sounds of Autumn
Mixed Media on Paper, AP. 5.5″h x 5.5″w – NA
The Heart Beat of Life
Encaustic on Paper, AP. 5.2″h x 5.5″w – NA
Dahlias
Encaustic and Gold on Paper, AP. 5.5″h x 5.5″w – NA
Moons of Jupiter #3
Encaustic on paper, AP. 4″h x 5″w – NA
Moons of Jupiter #2
Encaustic on paper, AP. 4.5″h x 6.5″w – NA
Moons of Jupiter #1
Encaustic on paper, AP. 4.5″h x 6.5″w – NA