After the Spring Rain

I recall this as quite the favorite saying at some point in my childhood. But here beeswax is put to a different use. All the elements in the plate are coated with wax, and are the detritus in the gutter after a spring storm.

Bandages

The other piece is less obvious, and must be viewed more closely. Pieces of medical gauze drenched in melted beeswax wrap the spheres, which are scarred and marked with smears of brown & red, evoking wounds. Various small scraps of other material create texture and interest on these wounded globes…

Bandages, close-up

I have submitted this second piece, Bandages, to upcoming juried show at the Northwind Art Center. I don’t know if has enough impact or conveys the theme well enough. However it certainly fits the theme, being of a style, subject and medium that is “outside my comfort range”! I failed to get a hanger on the first piece in time to enter it.