Rockland – Join Archipelago, Island Institute’s store and gallery, for Poetry of Place a show of encaustic paintings by Hélène Farrar. Encaustic painting is an ancient painting technique developed in Egypt which combines beeswax, damar resin and pigments to give it color.
“These paintings represent part of a year's work devoted to exploring the landscape surrounding and reaching beyond Manchester and Rockland, Maine.” Of her work Hélène says: “Drawing from my memory, printed resources and studio process, I engaged with place as a structure to play, to scrape, reapply, draw into and splatter the ancient of encaustic (hot, beeswax paint). These places are known to me intimately as I walked, sat with and lingered in them repeatedly. My hope is that you can "sit with" these paintings yourself and find them as a means to meditate.”
Hélène Farrar is a Maine-based American artist who works primarily in the ancient medium of encaustic. Her colorful paintings draw themes from the natural world and her observations of it, and they have a depth and luminousness achieved through careful attention to texture and surface quality. She considers her work part of a conversation about humanity, beauty, and nature.
She recently located to Rockland, Maine with her husband, college-heading daughter, and a sassy cat. She has a studio in Tenants Harbor, Maine with an ever-evolving ocean view.
A special artist's reception will be held on Friday, August 1 as a part of Rockland's First Friday festivities. Come meet Hélène and enjoy good food, fun and art from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. See you there!
This show will be in the gallery until August 31.
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