Encasutic eggs

I made a few more birds' nest paintings. These are small, just 10" x 10". They seem to be a cross between painting and sculpture. The eggs are encaustic, one covered in gold leaf, another is silver and the third pure encaustic.

Gallery installation of "Fantasy Females"

I just checked the spam folder on this blog and found several comments that were not spam - of course there were lots of suggestions on medication to improve my sex life - if I were a man.
  It seems that if your comment was not signed it went into spam. Thank you to those who took the time to comment and sorry that I didn't respond in a timely manner.

YouTube encaustic demo

I have just posted a short video on one encaustic process that I use. I'd love to get your comments.

http://youtu.be/RXOMIwZcbmY

 

What inspires artists?

I am planning on writing a once a month newsletter on artistic inspirations. Of course I have my own thoughts which are personal that I will share, and I will interview some other artists for their input. Please sign up for the free newsletter and I would love to hear about your thoughts on inspiration.

Also I will post, within a day or two, another video on the process of a couple of my "Fantasy Females" from beginning to end. Here is a photo taken early in the creation.

Would you like to see more of this kind of thing?

2 sold encasutic paintings

Elote - note the carving of the Corn God in the left corner.

The Altar

During the 2 day encaustic workshop that just ended, one of the participants bought two of my paintings. Looks like setting up my home as a gallery was a good idea.

New encaustic painting

Detail

I scraped an older painting down to the board and made this one. I feel it will be a start to a new series of nest/egg paintings.

Updated website

Please check out my revised website and let me know if you find it easy to maneuver . There may still be some glitches that I have missed, so I am open to criticism. 
http://ezshwan.com