Thursday, October 22, 2015

Encaustic Painting, Memories and Wind Swept


Wind Swept
encaustic mixed media 18x24
 
This encaustic painting has been sitting in my studio for almost a year.  I started it, but never finished.   I didn't want to paint over it for some reason, as this scene has great meaning to me.  I finally finished it this past weekend and it finally came together with relative ease.  I realized today, that it has taken me almost a year to get the skills I needed in order to finish it.  I needed to be working with India ink, carving with an exacto knife, filling with oil paint and using caran d'ache neocolor in my work.  These are not things that I was doing a year ago. 

This scene is from our family beach house.  It is where I spent summers and every weekend of my childhood years.  The house was sold this time last year.  An end of a chapter, but one that had to come.  So, I wanted to have something that reminded me of those years and that place and those memories.  That's why this painting came to be.  I realized once it was finished that this is the first time in my life that I have not visited this place in the world in a year's time.
Below are details of the painting and I have come to realize that a series of these lovely trees may be in my future :)

Happy Friday everyone!







14 comments:

  1. Wonderful art, your windswept tree is fantastic. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie

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  2. I love your encaustic painting. It is really gorgeous.

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  3. Your encaustics are wonderful - I love the caran d'ache neocolor as well - what a lovely addition to your work!
    & how poignant about the sale of the family summer-home! I lived at a mountain retreat center for 3 years in the 90s, one of my favorite remote spots, and haven't been for more than a year ... time to go SOON!!

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  4. Marji, I like your encaustic painting very much. You certainly have a unique skill with those art tools. It is a beautiful reminder of something from your childhood and I'm guessing this one will not be sold.

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  5. Stunning piece Marji! The first thing I thought when I saw this tree was the Pacific Northwest... Love the story behind it too. Hope you one day post a photo of the place and where it was located!!

    Hugs Giggles

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  6. I can feel the wind and the atmosphere of the place. Absolutely beautiful work. You have captured the essence. I have done a little encaustic, so understand the process ... obviously you are a master at work. hugs, Donna

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  7. That's a touching and heartfelt story, which is reflective in the work you've put into this gorgeous painting. The detailing in your tree makes it very lively. Happy PPF and blessings!

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  8. Beautiful encaustic piece! How wonderful that you were able to capture a memory in this way. This piece was definitely worth the wait.

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  9. what a beautiful, beautiful painting Marji. You can just feel and see your memories coming thru.

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  10. This is a new favourite for me... the delicacy and movement are perfect and amazing that you didn't have the skills to finish it a year ago as I always think of you full formed with a bucketload of enviable skills. This is amazing... I feel all gushy about it!

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  11. Wow!! Your painting is wonderful!! I love trees anyway- I don't know why but it reminds me of Maine.

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  12. This is stunning! I am so impressed with your encaustic art. You truly have a great talent with it.
    Nicole/Beadwright

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  13. There is a wild untamed feel to your painting--as though there is a stormy wind sweeping through the branches. I love it so much. This painting fills my eyes, which is the greatest compliment I can give.

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