Sanguine

"Sanguine" - mixed media on canvas 60 x 90 cm

sanguine [ˈsæŋgwɪn]

adj

1. cheerful and confident; optimistic

2. (esp of the complexion) ruddy in appearance

3. (Cookery) blood-red

4. an obsolete word for sanguinary [2]

 

 Summertime.....this painting gives me that feeling, a sort of a Mother Earth again, this time inspired by the beautiful Pohutukawa trees that grow and flower abundantly around this place where we live. They line the bays and the beaches and gaze peacefully over the ocean

More encaustics - Hot Chick and Flower

A charcoal transfer on a plain beeswax "panel" in the middle with layered encaustic "frame" around. In French colours and with a funky fowl line sketch.

Also my favorite treeflower, the Pohutukawa, many yummie encaustic layers and even some embedded gold leaf ! Love da Wax !

 

Growing encaustic flowers

This is a work in progress and a look at my encaustic set up in the studio

On the table is a Pohutukawa flower on a wooden panel

You all know I am very fond of textures and different tactile experiences, this hot wax game is beautiful to work with, I am in love !