Birds of a Feather- More Bird Art

Have you ever observed a humming-bird moving about in an aerial dance among the flowers - a living prismatic gem.... it is a creature of such fairy-like loveliness as to mock all description. ~W.H. Hudson, Green Mansions



encaustic on cradled hardboard....

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to
heaven.
Emily Dickinson

Learning Curve - Birds, birds and more birds

Creating and working on a blog is a great idea...but what a learning curve. Everything I try to add turns around and back on me. Perhaps being sick also contributes... Here is a recent encaustic that in a sense is a self portrait. When I was younger I had an albino parakeet that I named Bianci... Italian for white . This image is a reminder of a time when I was young and full of possibilities. Birds continue to be animal guides for me. So this month I will post my bird art.

Check out my Slide Show!

I thought I would try highlighting one of my collages in honor of the change of the seasons...
I found this great link to play with.
http://www.slide.com/arrange

Enjoy The Fall....I believe it is my favorite time of the year...

The Offering

The Offering.... really a gift to myself.




I love the ongoing process of maing and remaking an encaustic piece.

Here is the evolution of this encaustic painting. It has changed dramatically.

I love adding lavender and other dried flowers to my pieces. She came out of nowhere just like the images that come through when creating art.

Window and Wine

Window and Wine
Originally uploaded by blue_sea_art

I have my encaustic paintings in a small arts and crafts gallery in Healdsburg Calif...called ART & ALL THAT JAZZ....

I decided to play around with the wine imagery...and created a series of small encaustics on 4"x4" clayboard...here is one of them

MORE Encaustics... from Exploration Day...

I love witnessing the process and what evolves for people. The medium itself provides a wonderful context for imagery and exploration... Here are more encaustics done at last weekends encaustic exploration days.






I plan on doing another weekend workshop the first weekend in Oct. Now its time for me to get back in the studio again myself....

Weekend Encaustic Class.....

What a stimulating and engaging weekend.




I facilitated an all Day Encaustic Exploration Class and then the next day an Encaustic Open Studio day at my studio.












Here are some photos of the studio and some photos of what folks created.

More process and More Encaustics...