Category: Grimm’s Fairy Tales

I’m not quite sure what attracted me to this tale. It’s kind of obnoxious, lol. Something about the sheep looking like clouds in the river near the end of the story became evocative.

This piece began before the summer hiatus and transformed into a different image when I came back. Yes, I incorporated my cat’s furball into the art. The organic quality suited the sheep, I guess.

The second annual collective! It’s fun to see that I’ve made progress since last year.

This means that the studio has become too warm for wax to set, and I’m on my summer hiatus. Look for more encaustic in the fall.

Not my favorite fairy tale, but I was inspired by the princess carrying food scraps around in jars tied inside her dress pockets.

The wood bead accents are from — shocker — a repurposed piece I never posted here. The plastic dome is something I found at the granddaddy of crafting needs (Hobby Lobby, lol) and added specifically for this idea.

Can you recognize this? Haha. This was track art for “Paint It Red“. At the time I loved the use of cheesecloth and red India Ink to illustrate the lyric: when the muslin meets the wine. Also, of course, the stabby theme worked well with this piece, as it looks like blood.

Now it’s repurposed. When I thought of Schneewittchen and the drops of blood on mother’s embroidery frame, this track art piece wanted to lead a double life.

Whenever I go to an art gallery the artists seems to have one part of their display that is a series. I’m kind of proud I’ve reached the point with the Grimm’s Fairy Tales that I can say I have a series, just like the Real Artists.

It’s hot here and the wax is always soft now. I have a few pieces in progress that may finish, but mostly I’m on summer hiatus.

I don’t seem to work with pastel colors. The starwort is what caught my attention with this tale, and everything else developed from that.