Abstract encaustic shops painting, coral reef, great barrier reef, coral bleaching

This is an original, abstract encaustic painting inspired by the current bleaching of the great barrier reef. Layers of encaustic are slowly applied in accretion techniques. Layers of wax upon wax upon wax were applied and heatset in place, leaving valleys and textures in the wax. This technique is called forming an accretion, much the same way that areas of reefs and ocean floors form. The color is predominantly white, as influenced by the bleaching of the great barrier reef; however underlayers show areas of copper, blue and green....life that once was.

Title: Coral Reef
Medium: Encaustic on panel
Size: 6" x 8" x 1.5" thick panel
Date: 2018

This piece was created on a cradled wood panel; wired and ready to hang.
Sides are left in their natural wood finish.
Signed/dated on back.

* All images are copyright of Ali Herrmann and may not be used for unauthorized reproduction without my written consent. All artwork is signed and dated with the year on the reverse side of the image and comes with a certificate of authenticity with your date of purchase and an instruction care tag about encaustics.