Rocked by Water

This was a solo exhibition of encaustic paintings by Mary Ellen Chapman. This collection offered wide angle horizons combined with exaggerated close ups of Lake Huron waterscapes. Although inspired by specific studies from The Fishing Islands, these coastal images can remind one of shores from the Canadian Maritimes to the Carribean.

Mary Ellen paints from photographs that investigate the colours and textures of water hovering over rocks: ever changing with the shifting weather patterns.

What is fascinating about this pigment-embedded-in-wax technique is that, even after studying these paintings for long periods of time, the viewer can discover new revelations with each perusal. These are paintings that continue to provide riches for a lifetime of looking.