emergence of summer
Encaustic and mixed media on birch panel 48" x 48"
Flowers inspire me. Fragile and wild, infinite colors and shapes; but their beauty is fleeting.
For video: http://youtu.be/vp7SkTBQY1g
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Comment by L. Micki H. Moss on May 29, 2012 at 4:09am -
Gorgeous!!!
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Comment by Emma Ashby on April 4, 2012 at 5:41am -
Hi Mo, thanks for your kind comments. I usually bleach the seaweed and leave it to dry. It helps to eliminate the smell!
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Comment by Emma Ashby on March 21, 2012 at 1:28am
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Thanks Elke, will check that out!
Marsha, the part standing up is actually fabric over wire, though there is seaweed also embedded in this piece. You can see more in the video link. Thanks for all your comments!
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Comment by Elke Trittel on March 20, 2012 at 8:57pm -
Emma,i've seen your videos a while back and thought these flowers are just amazing and your technic is perfect for this kind of art!I saw a video by a french artist who paints flowers in a very big style you might like to discover,go to Charles Belle on google and he has several videos on his large scale work.One is a lifedrawing of a bull in his studio,just skip 3 minutes of talking if you don't speak French and then you'll see him in front of this huge animal!!!Quite mindblowing,this guy!!!!
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Comment by Bronwyn Palmer on March 20, 2012 at 2:24pm -
Beautiful! I am loving these.
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Comment by marsha carlton on March 20, 2012 at 10:02am -
i love the colors and the texture of this piece. is that really wax that is standing up like that? so fragile!!
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