Original orders encaustic painting of a garden in Annapolis Maryland. Brick walkway with white picket fence. fine art, wall art, Ready to Hang

Original Encaustic Painting of a Garden in Annapolis Maryland

Title: Magic Garden

6x12 inches, This piece was painted on a Cradle Board and comes ready to hang with hardware attached.

This is the garden of a dear friend who's home I visit frequently. It is a peaceful getaway and one of my favorite places. I live, work, and grew up in the Chesapeake Bay region and I love to create images of the area. My early childhood summers were spent on the Magothy River, a tributary to the bay. I still spend as much time as possible on or around these gorgeous waters of Maryland.

Mixed media painting on cradle board with hardware. Encaustic is orders a painting medium of pigment suspended in bees wax and heated to a molten hot state. Each layer of wax is fused using a torch. Encaustic is one of the earliest forms of painting. Funeral masks were found in Egyptian tombs painted with encaustic medium. All the materials are in their natural form. It makes a very soft, warm, and textured painting you won't find in any other medium.

To create these pieces I also use pastels, colored pencils, pigment sticks and encaustic paints.