"Remains of the Day"
24 x 24 encaustic on panel
My newest encaustic painting finds inspiration from a study of cave paintings, Native American symbols, earth and clay, and even sumi-e line work, all with a lean toward landscape. The Sumi-e influence is transferred with simple lines and open space.
After completing "Remains of the Day" I decided to rotate it and now I am unsure which direction this should hang. A successful abstract painting can be viewed and hung in more than one way, right?
In my home I have objects with the same earthy qualities. A favorite vase, a clay planter, shells in a glass bowl, are just a few things that bring me closer to the earth.
When I decided to clean the catch-tray to my electric griddle because of the wax buildup I was surprised to see such beautiful layering from colored drippings. I was going to melt down and recycle the drippings but it's too beautiful a "happy accident" to loose.
Drippings as they appeared in the catch tray, top view -
bottom view -
side views -
This is really beautiful, Robin. For some reason, this brings to mind Monet's water lilies and bridge.
ReplyDeleteAnd what a great piece of sculpture from the drippings. (Needs to be mounted and viewed from all angles--maybe encased in resin? Don't know if that's possible.)
Hallie I think you just helped me decide which way to hang/wire this, the first image will be the way I post it on my website (which was the original way I painted it). The idea of sculpture is so foreign to me and I am not sure it will ever leave my house so for now it sits on my bookshelf.
DeleteRobin, before reading the post I felt this resembled the background of our ellora caves! Very beautiful as always. I thought of the same idea of mounting the dripped wax that looks like a piece of sculpture .or may be you can incorporate in to one of your future compositions as a whole, is that possible?
ReplyDeleteI am finding inspiration in the study of cave art, padmaja. I just visited the ellora cave images on google and will look into the websites further. Landscape, the land, and the first artworks known to man originate with cave paintings. I find comfort in re-creating art that is associated with man's first art.
DeleteI am sure there will be a way the sculptural piece can tie into future works, but for now I am just going to sit with the idea.
My goodness! It is always interesting to see your work and I too like that happy accident. Especially the top view...so much movement in it!
ReplyDeleteThe "happy accident" piece illuminates the fluid qualities captured when using wax as a medium. It may be the start of something new for me, time will tell.
DeleteI love your encaustic and the larger size is great. Your drip tray sculpture is wonderful - perfect just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteNancy, I have been working mostly in 12 x 12 size and recently bumped up to 24 x 24, definitely uses lots more wax. I have wondered how you are enjoying the encaustic medium, and continue to follow your blog posts.
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