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

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.

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