Hanging Garden, Original Painting
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Shannon AmidonHanging Garden, Original Painting2015
2015
About the Item
Artist Comments
"A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy." -- Luis Barragan This painting has a beautiful layer of gold mica on the surface that shimmers when it catches the light. Looking straight on you might not notice it but if you catch the piece at an angle you can see the glow. "Hanging Garden" has a weathered, distressed look and feel to convey a sense of history and time passing. This is a mixed media encaustic painting with an image transfer. The painting is on a cradled birch wood panel with the edges painted black. It is wired and ready to hang.
About the Artist
Shannon Amidon is an artist based in Portland, Oregon whose artwork is made with encaustic (molten beeswax) and collaged vintage paper. She uses materials that evoke a sense of nostalgia, such as old letters, maps, book pages, and report cards, which she finds at antique stores or estate sales. By repurposing ephemeral materials, she gives each piece a history beyond itself, and adds to the personal nature of the art. She also makes her own eco-friendly encaustic and oils. “The environment is very important to me, so I use natural earth pigments,” says Shannon. Her love of nature comes across in the motifs she selects, hinting at both the wonder and delicacy of the cycle of life.
Words that describe this painting: garden, ivy, plants, flowers, landscape, silhouette, gold, black, white, secret garden, aged, distressed, nature, flora, representational, vintage, encaustic artwork, white, black
Hanging Garden
Shannon Amidon
Encaustic artwork on wood
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2015
24 in. h x 36 in. w x 1.5 in. d
7 lbs. 5 oz.
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- Creation Year:2015
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 36 in (91.44 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Condition:Hanging Garden. Shannon Amidon. Encaustic artwork on wood. One-of-a-kind. Signed on back.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 509851stDibs: LU92216158122
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