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\"Commission<\/a>

Commission piece, 3 generations and their pony pictures. 24″x12″ Encaustic encased collage.<\/p><\/div>\n

For about a month I\u2019ve been working on a commission or really mostly not<\/i> working on a commission.\u00a0 A woman who has bought some of my small encaustic collage pieces over the years asked me to do a piece using her family photos.\u00a0 I accepted the commission and we talked a bit about what she likes about my work and size and price etc.\u00a0 For about 2 weeks I just had the photos propped up on my studio desk.\u00a0 These happy pony-riding faces stared back at me, but I struggled to get started.\u00a0 I use old photos in my collages all the time, usually I don\u2019t know the people, they are just found photos, lost photos, abandoned photos, photos that I am drawn to, photos that are asking me to give them life and put them into my art.\u00a0 But now I had photos that had their own story and a client that held these people in her heart, this made me shy to impose my<\/i> story on them. Of course the person who commissioned the piece wanted me to do something like the pieces she admired, that\u2019s why she had me doing this\u2026..well you can see why I was spinning and procrastinating. But last week I got down to business pulled out my portfolio of papers and box of ephemera and started laying things out stitching, gluing and waxing.\u00a0 When I was done I was pleased and of course I need to be pleased but really she<\/em> needs to be pleased.\u00a0 So as I waited for her to arrive I paced my studio.\u00a0 This is a tricky situation, what if she doesn\u2019t like it? What about getting paid for my time? all this is has me spinning again, but as soon as she saw the piece she let out an excited gasp, I knew the story I had woven through her real life story worked\u2026.and once again I was reminded to trust myself, do what I do best, take the puzzle and make art, tell a story.<\/p>\n

Here are three small pieces I did while I wasn’t doing the commission.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Encaustic<\/a>

Encaustic Collage using images from old art book. 8×10″<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Encaustic<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Encaustic<\/a>

Encaustic collage using old art book images. 8×12″<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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