Original Beeswax Encaustic Paintings
And Curio Boxes
by Carla Marina Marchese
Sensoryscapes are a look into my personal passion for the natural world and beekeeping in the form of miniature eco-systems created inside curio boxes. Foraged objects from nature, my beehives and everyday objects are rescued and brought back to life as visual art to intrigue and provoke curiosity while opening up the larger conversation about our environment.
I was fortuitously was introduced to encaustic painting when I first became a beekeeper; this highly provocative medium has its rich roots in the ancestral land of my forefathers, Italy, specifically the wall paintings at Pompeii. The beauty of encaustics is the unpredictability. To me, there is nothing more seductive than the smell of bees wax melting in my studio.
Sales and commissions welcome!
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Bee Brain
Paper collage - $120 • 9"x12" framed
Cabinet of Medicine
24" x 36" Sensoryscape foraged from an old house sale - $1850.
Self Portrait
6" x 9" Mixed media collage - $650.
Sea Side Jumble
11" x 14" Sensoryscape foraged from the seaside - $650.
Elk Florus Woman
24" x 36" Mixed media with collage - $950.
11" x 14" Sensoryscape foraged from the seaside
12" x 14" Sensoryscape foraged from nature - $650.
Brown Bee Encaustic
Sold
Pollinators
12" x 14" Sensoryscape foraged from nature - $1850.
Lost World
12" x 14" Sensoryscape foraged from nature - $2000.
The Dark Damask Song
8" x 10" Sensoryscape foraged from nature - $1250.
Bee Encaustic in Bronze
6" x 6" Encaustic - $950.
Who's That Woman
6" x 8" Mixed media collage - $950.
Curio Songbird
8" x 10" Sensoryscape foraged from nature - $650.
Angelina
12" x 14" Sensoryscape foraged from nature - $800.
Hive Finds
8" x 10" Sensoryscape foraged from nature - $650.
Eggs
8" x 10" Sensoryscape foraged from chicken coop - $650.
Beach
8" x 10" Sensoryscape foraged from nature - $650.
Biere de Miel
8" x 10" Sensoryscape foraged from nature - $650.
Waggle Dance
24" x 36" Encaustic painting on canvas - $1650.
The Perfect Queen
24" x 36" Encaustic collage with hive parts - SOLD.
Apis Fabric Design
24" x 36" encaustic painting - $2500.
For Nectar
10" x 28" Beeswax encaustic collage - $1450.
Self portrait in beeswax
14" x 14" Encaustic glase on canvas - $1200.
The Big Bee
30" x 40" Encaustic on canvas - $3000.
Making Nectar
12" x 12" encaustic on canvas - SOLD.
QUEEN
24" x 36" Beeswax encaustic on canvas - SOLD.
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