Celtic (wax mixed media)

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Eire #4
2019, beeswax mixed media, 4" x 4"

Hive #4 (detail)
2019, beeswax mixed media on 6" x 6" MDF panel, custom framed

PinkOrangeRed
1998, beeswax mixed media, 3" x 5"
sold

Essence
1999, beeswax mixed media, 4" x 3"
sold

Oil of Angels
1999, beeswax mixed media on 12" x 12" panel, custom framed by Dry Ice, Oakland

Dials (Ascendant)
2000, beeswax encaustic, mixed media on wood panel, 16" x 16"
sold

Tiny Petal Faery #3
2000, beeswax encaustic on mixed media panel, 3" x 4"  custom framed by Dry Ice, Oakland
(one of a triptych, custom framed)

Celtic Knot #1
2003, colored pencil, beeswax encaustic, oil on panel, 12" x 12"
sold

Dublin Gate
2003, colored pencil, beeswax encaustic, oil on panel, 12" x 12"
sold

Smaragden
2003, beeswax encaustic and oil, mixed media on canvas, 11"
 

Gwion's Riddle
2003, beeswax encaustic and oil, mixed media on canvas, 11"

Two early encaustic paintings, Dials (Ascendant), and Rose Faery, were first to contain real rose petals, started the Flower Petal Faeries. These also feature the Celtic triskele form, made by using an apparently irreplaceable metal bookmark as a stencil--until I wore it out.  I also began to use tiny plastic baby figures as the little faeries in a cold wax mixed media triptych, On A Somewhat Less Altruistic Note... 

Tom Akawie taught basic airbrush and encaustic techniques when I in his classes at SFAI, and afterwards I learned how to add cold wax emulsion to my mixed media work, thanks to Hifumi Ogawa, whose artworks have been represented by the Hess Collection, Catherine Clark Gallery, and the SFMoMA Rental Gallery. She currently teaches at California College of the Arts, CCA, in San Francisco.

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