Larain Matheson

These recent paintings I’ve done reflect my love and inspiration from nature, and abstracting the forms I see in the universe. I have been working in ENCAUSTIC WAX and OILS for over 8 years. I have been an artist for over 35 years and received an M.F.A. from U.CL.A. I am captivated by the medium of encaustic which reveals new space and depth, colors, transparencies and surprises. Use of multimedia and collage in my work to experiment with the pigmented wax , I can pour, paint, monoprint and texture the paintings. My work spans abstract to realism. I am always connecting with the energy of the four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.

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Encaustic is an ancient medium dating back 2000 years, and was used by the Greeks and Egyptians.

I am a member of the Encaustic Art Institute in Santa Fe N.M. and have exhibited my work in Mendocino Art Center, Dolphin Gallery , Cirrus Gallery in Marin, Sebastopol Art Center, Berkeley Art Center, and numerous other galleries and shows throughout California and Colorado. My work is published in the EAI catalogue in Santa Fe, and in “Art Takes Miami “book for 2012.

I have taught art at Riverside City College, Santa Ana Jr. College and Marin JC . in California. I continue to teach Encaustic Workshops at my ocean studio twice a year, in Fall and Spring.

The process I use takes many turns and as long as I am open to the way the paint moves and the process of heating each layer with a torch to “fuse” the paint, the patterns and images begin to emerge. I paint to discover the unseen, make it visible and return to the connections that nature inspires.