Walking in the Rain
There is something about a rainy day walk that stays with you. The world goes quiet. The colours deepen. Everything slows to the rhythm of footsteps on wet ground, a leash in hand, a dog moving ahead with purpose. This painting holds that feeling exactly, not as memory, but as presence. Built through layered encaustic wax, the landscape breathes. Rain falls in vertical striations across the surface, catching light where the wax has pooled and receded. A figure in yellow boots and a red jacket moves through the deep green with unhurried confidence, her wide-brimmed hat tilted against the weather, her black dog leading the way on a loose lead. The sky above is gold and storm at once, the way it gets just before the rain decides what it wants to be. The yellow boots are the heart of it. That small, deliberate choice of colour against all that grey-green. It says: I came prepared. I am not hiding from this. I belong here. This is a painting about the small moments that are actually the whole of it. The walk you took when you needed to think. The dog who didn't care about the weather. The colour of your boots against the grass. Encaustic wax on panel, professionally framed in two-tone wood. One original. One owner.
Encaustic wax is one of the oldest artistic mediums on earth. The beeswax carries warmth, the pigment carries memory, and the layers carry time. Every piece made in this medium holds a kind of depth that cannot be rushed or replicated.
If you are drawn to this piece, trust that. The right work finds the right person when the time is right.
Medium: Encaustic wax (pigmented beeswax) on panel Subject: Figurative landscape, rainy day walk with dog Dimensions: 9 x 9 inches (23 x 23 cm) panel; framed dimensions will vary Framing: Professionally framed, two-tone wood (grey-washed outer, warm walnut inner) Condition: Original, one-of-a-kind Finish: Natural encaustic surface, light-responsive and dimensional Origin: Haliburton Highlands, Ontario, Canada Inventory: One-of-a-kind, 1 availabl