New Encaustic Works by Shelley Wuitchik

We are pleased to present new arrivals by Shelley Wuitchik at The Gallery at Mattick's Farm, Victoria, BC. 🎨

These encaustic mixed media works reflect her distinctive approach to capturing moments from the natural world. 🌿

The pieces are now available to view in the gallery. 🖼️

We invite you to browse the grid below to see the new arrivals. 👀

Shelley Wuitchik employs the ancient encaustic technique of burning pigment-infused beeswax to tell stories, transforming scenes from an early morning dog walk into layered compositions featuring Japanese maple leaves, coffee beans, and arbutus bark.

Shelley Wuitchik

Encaustic means to burn. The Greeks used to use it to caulk the hulls of their ships. The Egyptians resurrected the craft to render exquisite portraits and decorate mummies. Shelley Wuitchik uses it to tell a story…an early morning dog walk may transpire into layers of Japanese maple leaves, coffee beans, and arbutus bark onto a canvas of pigment infused beeswax. Shelley believes her art mirrors her life. Rich, colorful, layered. Shelley loves encaustic it for its’ immediacy and deliberateness. Yet it remains malleable and forgiving, just like the people (and dog) in her life.

New Encaustic Works by Shelley Wuitchik

Shelley Wuitchik

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The Calm Between

Sizzle III

Sizzle II

Sizzle I