Artist Uses Photos, Household Cleaners & Melted Beeswax To Create Paintings of Threatened Landscapes

Traffic and Comet

Freeway and Comet, made with photos, beeswax, glue and Comet cleanser, 2006

Alameda, California-based artist, teacher and mother Ginny Parsons dripped melted beeswax on top of “threatened orchards and hillsides” images that she’s photographed to create a poignant series of “Beeswax” paintings. Parsons, raised in Chico, California “amidst orchards and farms,” longs for a “less-congested landscape” with fewer cars and freeways. She says about her work, which also that also incorporates common household cleaners like Comet, “I’m an intuitive painter and I use everything from beeswax to found metal, from shellac to laundry detergent.” More of Parsons’ work can be viewed at her online gallery.

Bob Walker

Hillside, featuring a photo by Bob Walker

Orchards

Orchard and Ladders

East Bay landscape

East Bay landscape

Fear and Beauty

Fear and Beauty

On the Way to Chico

On the Way to Chico

Swarm

Swarm

Trees and Traffic

Trees and Traffic

images via Ginny Parsons

Rusty Blazenhoff
Rusty Blazenhoff