"This quote sums up my last two years. I have been making a transition with my work from predominately found object assemblages to assemblages in the context of painting. Travel has been my 'club' I've been to Mexico, Costa Rica, Italy and India in the last two years soaking up image and sound, smell and taste. These new sensations have stirred me up and are now settling down into some, hopefully, coherent messages.

I continue to work with the themes that have forever moved me - chance, magic, travel, the cosmos and science. Science. It is showing up a little more these days as I find myself pondering our collective future. I am inspired by science and the quest for discovery. I rejoice in intellectual curiosity. I have abundant faith in the human mind and spirit. " Graceann Warn

About Encaustic:
Encaustic is an ancient medium in which beeswax is melted and combined with dry pigment and varnish. It is applied to a ground while in its molten state and as it cools, it dries as a hard, permanent surface. I have long been attracted to encaustic because of the interesting surface textures I can achieve with it as well as its compatibility with oils and collage. There is an immediacy to the look and an unmistakable presence of the artist in the surface.

Represented at Commercial Street: 508.349.9451

Graceann's 2007 show is July 28 to August 10
Meet the Artists Reception: July 28, 6 to 8pm