Synkroniciti is thrilled to welcome Canadian encaustic painter Ann-Marie Brown. We feature three disarming paintings and a short article. Liminal is graceful nude: a young woman sits with her head down, exposing the curve of her back. The sky is infused with blue, some of which falls across her skin, and a raven perches on her right shoulder/neck, all evoking a sense of depression. Ann-Marie uses a combination of encaustic wax and oil–the skin tone and gleam of light on skin is breathtaking and reminds us that this is a being with internal light and soul, luminous in the midst of her struggle, even if she doesn’t know it. Feast for Embers is a stunning still-life, expertly combining the vivid with the ethereal and dreamy by using the strengths of both oil and wax. A green bowl of fruit gleams. Fruit is so luscious, sweet and natural, yet so vulnerable to rot and transitory. The final painting was runner-up in the contest for our cover. Flight of Liberty shows a flesh-and-blood Lady Liberty, eyes full of tears, green crown askew, against a background that evokes flames. It’s an emotional image for me here in the United States in this time of upheaval. The detail of her skin on her cheekbones and below her eyes makes me want to touch her, to brush aside those tears. You can read a little of Ann-Marie’s story and learn about the encaustic process in “Translating the Soul: Vulnerability in the Encaustic Painting of Ann Marie Brown.”
Get to know this amazing artist in Synkroniciti’s “Vulnerable” issue, available for pre-order here: https://synkroniciti.com/the-magazine/purchase-individual-issues/.
Ann-Marie Brown is a Canadian painter working in encaustic and oil. She is currently painting out of a studio on the far west coast of British Columbia in the company of rain and bears. Her work has been exhibited internationally and found its way into public, private and corporate collections around the world.