Spring At Last

It's been quite some time since I last posted - nearly 7 months. During that time lots of encaustic art work got completed and many of the pieces have been sold at various exhibits, shows and events. So for a trip down memory lane for me here are several of my most favorite pieces.

The top two "Golden Archive" and "Shades of Klimt" have been sold and the bottom one "Reservoir" is still available. I've got several I still need to photograph and hopefully I'll get those posted this week.

The best news is I've finally got my website near to finished though I've been publishing it as I build it. Go take a look see at www.barbaramallon.com.  I have the ability to blog through my website but I think I'll just keep going on this one.You can see on the website where I'm linking to here. If you are interested in purchasing any of my work or asking a question about a piece you'll be able to see a detail on the website and you can contact me there or here under comments.

As you can see, my work now has evolved bringing together more consistently the pattern and texture I like so well and my bright-neutral palette and occasionally surprising embellishments. Burning and carving will be consistent techniques you will see going forward in my work.

My encaustic studio is a space in my garage and it's somewhat difficult to work out there in the winter months, first because it's a bit chilly and damp though I do have heaters and plenty of light going on out there. It's mainly that the wax acts a bit differently in winter conditions and my hot palette has to be set quite a bit higher to maintain the 150-180 degrees I keep my waxes at. So spring can't come too soon for me. Today is the first day to really climb above 48 degrees and we are getting a wonderful taste of weather to come. At 70 degrees the daffodils and hyacinths are popping out all over and I can tell long days in the studio are near.

I'm aching to get out there to complete the wonderful new compositions I've been thinking up - some will even be on very large panels. Yes, I'll still be doing the 12 X 12 and 11 X 14 sizes that have been consistent best sellers during the recession, but I'm looking forward to doing larger sizes that look better as main pieces in residential and commercial settings as well as diptychs and triptychs which will allow me to paint much larger and provide some interesting foundation pieces in larger collections. So stay tuned and I'll be posting and writing about how these new pieces develop!

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