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Mel Rea
Into the All, Abstract Encaustic Painting
2017

Name: Into the All, Abstract Encaustic Painting
Brand: Mel Rea

$8,900List Price

About the Item

"Into the All" is a large abstract encaustic painting created by artist Mel Rea in 2017. This painting features a palette of light blues, soft yellows, and white, with hints of brown and black. Rea is well known for her process of encaustic painting and has been published in numerous books on this process; she was recently featured in the book "Encaustic Art in the Twenty First Century" Anne Lee E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing. 2016. This piece is not signed, however, the artist has provided a Certificate of Authenticity. Rea currently lives and works in Ohio. "I began my artistic career as a devoted clay sculptor. However, as time passed, I began to long for a change. Several years back I explored new options while exhausting more mediums than I can recall. It was during this period that I discovered a small batch of beeswax left behind from the last of my grandfather’s beehives. My grandfather spent his childhood in Russia where he was inspired to build an apiary farm. His dream came true as an adult in the States where he built and farmed his own set of beehives. As a young girl, I felt such a sense of peace walking amongst my grandfather’s hives. I developed a very deep connection, respect, and appreciation for Mother Nature. Like many artists, she is a constant source of inspiration. This connection along with that old batch of beeswax is what led my transition away from clay and into encaustic painting (painting with molten beeswax). I am grateful for the intense labors of the beautiful honeybee, and consider beeswax a unique gift to be treasured. As a strange twist of fate, my name is translated in the Greek word for “honeybee”. I love traditional Japanese pottery and contemporary Japanese painting. The soft satin finish of the beeswax along with the ability to incise elegant clean lines, was just what I’d longed to achieve. While many Japanese works of art juxtapose subtle softness beside bursts of vibrant colors, with encaustics I too could soften my light filled blues while keeping my reds and ochers intensely opaque. Composition and color in my paintings are meant to reflect the emotional balance I draw from our natural world. As I feel committed to being in a constant state of evolution, I’ve expanded from encaustic into many other mediums. I’ve found a lot of comfort in more traditional mediums such as watercolors and oil paints. Most recently I’ve found that alkyd oils set a comfortable pace for my work. For me this oil paint alternative is akin to the bed Goldilocks deemed most comfortable. It dries slower than acrylic paint, but more quickly than traditional oils. With alkyd paints, I am physically moving fast and furiously, but the dry time is slow enough for me to contemplatively work back into a piece during a painting session. It has provided a great deal of physical and psychological freedom, and a direction I am inspired to pursue." HOW TO CARE FOR ENCAUSTIC ART “Will it melt?” The wax surface cures or hardens about two weeks after completion, and it would take extreme heat to melt a painting after this curing process. (Wax melts at about 150 degrees.) However, care should be taken to avoid placing the encaustic artwork in a hot car or in direct sunlight. In cold weather, encaustics should not be subjected to temperatures below 40 degrees. Great care should be taken to not scratch or scrape the surface. It should be cleaned by very gently dusting the surface with a soft cloth in a top to bottom motion on the painting. EDUCATION Kent State University, B.F.A. 1995. “Cum Laude" Pasadena City College, 2001 (Continuing Education Classes) San Fernando City College, 2002 (Continuing Education Classes) EXHIBITIONS 2016 Ethereal, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO 2016 Lit From Within, Muse Gallery, Hilton Head, SC 2016 Solo Show, Chamblin Jones Gallery, Lexington, KY 2016 From the Ground Up, Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH 2016 Women Exhibition, Tri C West, Parma, OH 2015 Featured Artist at rePOPulated, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO 2015 Group Show, The Metropolitan 9, Cleveland, OH 2015 Group Show, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO 2014 Works on Paper, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH 2014 Resinate, Huff Harrington Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2014 3x3, Leipers Creek Gallery, Nashville, TN 2013 Love, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH 2013 Two man show with Gary Bodner, Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2012 The Birds and the Bees, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH 2011 Solo Show, Shain Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2011 Ohio Artists, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH 2011 Visual Impact, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH 2010 The New May Show, Lakeland Community College, Mentor, OH 2010 Through The Looking Glass, Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH 2010 Solo Show, Intech Corporation, Palm Beach, FL 2009 Two Person Show with Mark Yale Harris, Amuse Gallery, Columbus, OH 2009 Women II Women, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH 2009Palm Beach 3, West Palm Beach, FL 2008 “Best Of The Best,” A Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH 2007 “3 in 3-D,” Perfect Pear Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 “New Blood,” Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN 2006 “International Clay,” San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX 2005 Group Show, Wiessman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Form Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL 2004 S.O.F.A., Chicago, IL 2004 Contemporary Art Form, West Palm Beach, FL 2004 S.O.F.A., New York, NY 2003 S.O.F.A., Chicago, IL 2003 Solo Show, The Thomas R .Riley Gallery, Cleveland, OH 2003 S.O.F.A., New York, NY 2003 Art Form International, West Palm Beach, FL 2002 S.O.F.A., Chicago, IL 2001 Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA 1999-02 Beverly Hills Affaire in the Gardens, Beverly Hills, CA 2001-02 Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA 1999 Mad River Fall Collection, Santa Monica, CA ARTICLES / PUBLISHING "52 Works 52 Weeks," (calendar) AGC The Creative Advantage, 2013, 2014, 2015 “Encaustic Artists", Schiffer Publishing, release date TBA “Artists Homes and Studios,” Schiffer Publishing, 2015 International Artists Vol. 5., November 2012 Capital Style, May-June 2012 issue House Beautiful, November 2011 issue Carolina Arts, April, 2011 “100 Midwest Artists,” Schiffer Publishing, 2011 “Ceramics Today,” Schiffer Publishing, 2009 “Alive with Color,” Los Angeles Daily News, June 14, 2000 "Sculpting A Career,” Los Angeles Times, August 31, 2000 “Cleveland Sculptor,” Chagrin Valley Times, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, June 31, 2002 “Snap Shot,” West Geauga Sun, West Geauga, Ohio, March 29, 2007 COMPETITION 2010 Painting Award, The New May Show, Lakeland Community College 2003 OOOandeye Art reach International Competition, Sculpture Award 2015 One Wall Project Mural Prize, Denver, CO GRANT 2004 Puffin Award Foundation, NJ SELECT COLLECTIONS Ohio Hospital Associations, Columbus, OH Mark West Financial, Denver, CO JP Morgan, Charlotte, NC Federal Home Loan and Savings Bank, Atlanta, GA Intech Corporation, Palm Beach, FL Lumiere, Charlotte, NC UK Hospital, Lexington, KY

Creator:
Mel Rea
Creation Year:
2017
Dimensions:
Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Medium:
Encaustic,Panel
Movement Style:
Abstract
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Bluffton, SC
Reference Number:
Seller: MRENC81stDibs: LU81212370483

Materials

Resin, Wax, Encaustic, Wood Panel, Pigment

$8,504

H 40.01 in W 40.01 in

Mel Rea
Into the All, Abstract Encaustic Painting
2017

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