Rebecca's recent encaustic paintings merge an interest in process and the encaustic medium with an organic, almost three dimensional approach to developing a composition. Images that seem to reference nature are the accumulation of thousands of little points of pigmented wax applied in layers. The image seems to simultaneously form and dissolve, and speaks to the mutable and atomically fractured nature of our physical environment. With a technique that recalls the repetitive creation of weaving and textiles, Stahr creates images that can be read both as surface and image. Says Rebecca about her work: "My paintings often feel like imagined emotional inner landscapes. They are born out of a larger contemplative practice rooted in experiencing the sacred connectedness in our natural world, the beauty of impermanence and the cycles of life and nature. The paintings becomes a record of that journey and as well as a path of healing and deeper understanding of the beauty of humanity's imperfection. |
Numinous Dreams, encaustic on panel, 24x24
Reimagining, encaustic on panel, 16x16
Whimsical Daydreams, encaustic on panel, 10x10
Wandering Thoughts, encaustic on panel, 10x10
Garden Variety Dreams, encaustic on panel, 8x8
Land of the Mystic, encaustic on panel, 8x8