Bird
#1 & Bird House2008, beeswax encaustic mixed media on birch panel, (in two parts), Bird: 5" x 9" & Bird House: 2.5" x 4"
sold
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Bird
#1 & Bird House
2008, beeswax encaustic mixed media on birch panel, (in two parts), Bird: 5"
x 9" & Bird House: 2.5" x 4"
sold
Bird
#4
2008,beeswax encaustic, oil, mixed media on canvas, 5" x 9"
$250.00 US
Bird
#2
2008,beeswax encaustic, oil, mixed media on canvas, 9" x 5"
$250.00 US
Bird
#5
2008,beeswax encaustic, oil, mixed media on canvas, 9" x 5"
$250.00 US
Bee
#1
2008,beeswax encaustic, oil, mixed media on canvas, 9" x 5"
$250.00 US
Ghost
Dog #3
2008, beeswax encaustic mixed media on canvas, 6" x 6"
$70.00 US
Ghost
Bird #1
2008, beeswax encaustic mixed media on canvas, 6" x 6"
$150.00 US
Spring#1
2008, beeswax encaustic mixed media on canvas, 3" x 3"
$70.00
STATEMENT:
I used real cherry blossom petals in the above painting, having pressed them after they fell from the trees in our area. In the ghost bird, I used ginko leaves, but then removed them after they left a ghostly imprint which I preferred. Ghost dogs came about following the passing of our old dog, Nora, and our adoption of puppy, Nuala: I painted a dog which was a combination likeness of the two. Then I made several more paintings of other ghost dogs.
But due to current concerns about our global loss of honey bees and other species, I began the Garden Variety series, as my garden filled with new occupants and visitors. I made them by layering Italian decorative and/or origami paper into wax encaustic on a wood panel, then painting in oils on top. The ghostly tree branches, nests, thickets, holes, or bird houses, hint at loss of abode or habitat.
In Bird #1 & Bird House, I used real bird feathers, which were given to me by a bird-keeping neighbor*, plus words cut from newspaper, which I applied over goldleaf on the miniature bird house--and it is difficult to see them, but there are two real (unfertilized) finch eggs inside its tiny doorway. (*Thank you, John!)
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