this whole experiment of green

A little Madness in the Spring

Is wholesome even for the King, 

But God be with the Clown – 

Who ponders this tremendous scene – 

This whole Experiment of Green – 

As if it were his own!
Emily Dickinson

Garden Corner, encaustic /copper on panels, 4x10in, 2014 copyright Jan Yates

(under 140. available online via Paypal. click here to purchase)  Yes, I have posted this poem every Spring-it comes to me as soon as the weather turns, which it seems to be doing -finally- !! Below is another encaustic workshop demo that i quite like. A friend gave me a box of small panels and i have been layering them to make new shapes. I've always been drawn to odd shapes and sizes.

encaustic, cold wax & dog tree intervention

  

'Fall'-demos from a recent encaustic and cold wax workshop:

 fall 1, encaustic & cold wax on panel, 8x10in, 2013, available

 fall 2, encaustic & cold wax on panel, 4x12in, 2013, available

Below, a few images from last Saturday's  Dog Tree intervention.

 

Prior to the installation, I made encaustic dog 'tags' containing quotes by well known persons. They were hung in the lower branches for passersby to handle and read.

and gathering materials for this embellishment could not have been easier...