It is all about the Cape!

Sky Nest
Cast gampi and abaca paper fibers into a lashed armature of creosote branches, encased in encaustic, oil stick, white line transfer.
26"h X 40"w X 10"d


I am excited to have my work in two exhibitions this summer on Cape Cod:

Sculpture in Wax Invitational Show at The Truro Center for the Arts featuring 5 artists:
myself Catherine Nash, Miles Conrad, Kim Bernard, Laura Moriarty & Nancy Natale.
June 1st – June 10th (open Mon-Fri 9-5)
Closing reception June 9th, from 4 – 6pm.

and the Wax in Motion at the Bowersock Gallery, 373 Commercial St. in Provincetown
June 2rd to June 28th, 2011
Jurors Talk: June 3rd, 6-7pm
Opening Reception: June 3rd, 7-9pm


Tsunami: Spirit Boat 
 Cast handmade Japanese kozo paper into willow branch armature and encased in encaustic. Lashed creosote branches with pigmented encaustic. Broken wooden bowl as base.
 23"h X 42"w X 10"d



The shows run while the Fifth International Encaustic Conference is in full swing, which I am also thrilled to be attending for the fourth year in a row...as a "soakin' in all up" participant, a lecturer and a post conference instructor. I always learn so much...

So many great events and opportunities along with burying my toes in the sand!

Circles and Markmaking: 5th Annual Encaustic Invitational @ Conrad Wilde Gallery

work by Margaret Suchland:
"Collecting found objects, old printed ephemera and other of life’s artifacts has been a part of my life since childhood. What intrigues me about these relics is not only the mysteries which surround them but the evidence of past ownership in the form of random marks, nicks, specks, smudges and worn edges. They are proof of life’s existence – a presence of an absence – an indication of one’s mark by someone known or unknown to me."

Zipped down to the Conrad Wilde Gallery 15 minutes after teaching on Saturday just in time to hear a number of artists speak and for the opening reception...wish I had brought a notepad... and a camera for that matter. Their words were elegant, heartfelt and moving, discussing issues from the technical to idea: what inspired the work; life experiences that invoked the image. I was honored to speak too.

Barbara Gagel
Gwendolyn Plunkett

Catherine Nash

What a fantastic show! There was a real unity within the exhibition even with disparate subjects: the flow to how the work was hung is masterful. It does real justice to the beauty of each painting, I must say. Circles and markmaking seem to be two of the links between these works.

Deborah Kapoor

Eileen Goldenberg

Nancy Natale

Fanne Fernow

Mari Marks

above: Diana Gonzalez Gandolfi
Molly Cliff-Hilts

Exhibiting artists and their fans from California, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and others flew in for the event. I loved having the time to talk with Gwendolyn Plunkett and Laura Wait and Paula Roland and others. You know how openings go...slightly on the blur, but this one was great fun! I will indeed go back to really look at these beautiful works in quietude.

below - work by Laura Wait

There is only so much room for images here, but please take the time to peruse and research the artists of the Conrad Wilde Gallery's 5th Annual Encaustic Invitational:
Debra Blair
Mari Marks
Emily Clawson
Catherine Nash
Molly Cliff-Hilts
Nancy Natale
Fanne Fernow
Jane Allen Nodine
Barbara Gagel
Gwendolyn Plunkett
Diana Gonzalez Gandolfi
Margaret Suchland
Eileen P. Goldenberg
Donna Talman
Cari Hernandez
Rodney Thompson
Deborah Kapoor
Laura Wait
Allyson Sanburn Malek
Deanna Wood