Shari Lyon

Raggiungendoti, Original Painting

2023

Artist Comments
A diptych of trees boasts distinct silhouettes, with their roots seemingly reaching towards each other. Similarly, birds from their branches appear to exchange paths. This encaustic artwork, made with beeswax and a torch, involves layering and building colors. Delicate accents of 24K gold finish off the piece. Each panel measures 18"x18".

About the Artist
Artist Shari Lyon creates contemplative paintings of trees rooted in soft landscapes. She started her career as a dancer and loved to create through movement. However, after multiple surgeries, Shari realized her dancing career was over. "It broke my heart, it was all I ever wanted to do," she says. Undeterred as an artist, Shari reinvented herself. This phase of self-discovery became a pattern and she continued to seek out new creative pursuits. After 25 years of managing her husband's fine art career, one day she came across an encaustic piece that deeply moved her. "It brought back all the emotions that dance used to," recalls Shari. This launched her career as an encaustic painter, melting beeswax and combining it with oil paints and pastels to create her signature landscapes. When she's not creating art, Shari enjoys traveling with her husband, and the two often lead private tours to Italy and other European destinations.

Words that describe this painting: encaustic, wax, tree, metallic, horizon, sky, roots, marriage, love, diptych, gold leaf, partner, couple, gold, nature, representational, encaustic artwork, beige

Raggiungendoti
Shari Lyon
Encaustic artwork on wood
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2023
18 in. h x 36 in. w x 3 in. d
3 lbs. 8 oz.