Backdoor Designs

ELEMENTALS
BY
Sheary Clough Suiter

My new series, "ELEMENTALS," will make its debut at the

"COLLECT/ART: 100 x 100"
MAY 2010
International Gallery of Contemporary Art

Opening Reception, First Friday May 7th, 5:30 - 7:30p. 427 D Street, Anchorage.
Show runs through May 30th.

COLLECT/ART is a program that:
• Features and promotes the work of 30 contemporary artists from Alaska
• Encourages people to purchase and collect contemporary art
• Raises funds for gallery exhibitions and programs through the 100 x 100 component
• Features artworks priced at $500 or less, with a special emphasis on $100 works.

ARTIST STATEMENT

A visual artist for 20 years, I have been captivated by the broad range of experimentation possible with encaustic paint for the last 7 years. The finished piece can range from rough and sculptural to shiny and smooth. People always want to touch the encaustic surface, but of course, they restrain themselves because, after all, you don’t ‘touch’ fine art.

To me, one of the joys of encaustics during the working process is the touching and buffing of the surface, and the resulting aromatic riffs of beeswax.

"Earth Elementals" are part of the ELEMENTALS Series, created in tribute to the four basic elements, earth, water, air, and fire, once considered to be the basic building blocks of nature.

Each encaustic Elemental is painted on all six sides. With no means to be wall mounted, these artworks provide inherent permission to handle.

You are in fact encouraged to pick them up, turn over in your hands, buff them with the cloth provided, stack and re-stack! Play!