Portfolio > Transitions

introspection, wax, encaustic, Russian bride, folklore, self reflection, mountains
Encaustic and oil on plywood
19 x 19 cm
2023
deer, sublime, encaustic, moon, scouting, wax, skier, nocturnal
Encaustic on plywood
60 x 60 cm
2023
cross pollination, wax, encaustic painting, beeswax, strelitzia
Encaustic on plywood
30 x 24 cm
2023
old and new, succession, order of things, wax, encaustic, train, shoes, victorian
Encaustic on plywood
60 x 60 cm
2023
fertility, greek mythology, pomegranate, wax, encaustic, symbolism
Encaustic on plywood
60 x 60 cm
2023
water lilies, wax, encaustic, botanical gardens
Encaustic on plywood
18 x 34 cm
2023
omega, encaustic painting, wax, recycle, cycle of life, the end is the beginning
Encaustic on plywood
60 cm diameter
2023
rooster, symbolism, spring of life, nutrition, protector
Encaustic on plywood
60 x 45 cm
2023
frog, anticipation, end of war, piece, allegory, wax, encaustic
Encaustic and oil on plywood
55 x 100 cm
2023
elderly, youth, encaustic, wax, figurative, symbolism, memory, stoic
Encaustic on plywood
60 x 60 cm
2023
shoe, artist's shoes, caterpillar, wax, symbolism, fellowship, adulthood, metamorphosis, encaustic
Encaustic on plywood
20 x 20 cm
2023
fish, coexistence, society, pond, botanical gardens, wax, lifelike
Encaustic on plywood
19 x 19 cm
2023
passage, encaustic, woman's portrait, back view, crown braid
Encaustic on plywood
19 x 19 cm
2023
bear, trees, encaustic, wax painting, foliage, migrate, ecology
Encaustic on plywood
30 x 40 cm
2023
Cynara, greek mythology, metamorphosis, artichoke
Encaustic and oil on plywood
40 x 30 cm
2023
nest, wax, encaustic painting, beeswax, white owl, moon, pyramid
Encaustic on plywood
30 x 30 cm
2023
contemplation, mountains, encaustic painting, translucent, wax, beeswax
Encaustic on plywood
19 x 19 cm
2023
self reflection, wax, encaustic, bienenwachs
Encaustic and oil on plywood
19 x 19 cm
2023
Storm, encaustic painting, wax, feminine, thoughtful, sceptical
Encaustic on plywood
30 x 24 cm
2023
thistle, thorn, reconciliation
Encaustic on plywood
19 x 19 cm
2023
Flash
Encaustic on plywood
26 x 30 cm
2023
alert, allegory, subconscious, unseen, lurking
Encaustic on plywood
34 x 41 cm
2023
victorian shoes, new order, succession, the old and the new, train, allegory
Encaustic on plywood
60 x 60 cm
2023
clytia, sunflower, encaustic, wax painting, greek mythology
Encaustic on plywood
30 x 30 cm
2023
butterfly, greek mythology, metamorphosis, psyche, soul, rebirth
Encaustic on plywood
40 x 30 cm
2023
Galatea, Pygmalion's myth, encaustic, wax painting, greek mythology
Encaustic on plywood
60 x 60 cm
2023

One of my childhood memories was to plant watermelon seeds in a clearing amongst the fir trees. They never grew because the conditions were not suitable. Though I do remember the longing I felt to return in the springtime waiting to encounter a huge plant bearing beautiful fruit. But the only thing that sprouted was my imagination, the desire to explore, to collect and play with my surroundings. Mountain hiking and earth cultivation fascinate, rejuvenate and offer me the visual material to combine and assemble new images. The series Transitions explores the landscapes of the mind which associate man and his psychological aspects. The individual and the collective are unified, the conscious and the unconscious become one. After all, this is what I believe in, a cosmic unity.

After many years, I am once again painting with the ancient encaustic technique on plywood using my favorite material: the alchemical beeswax. The catalyst of this technique is heat and its dynamic balance between “fire and ice”, a phenomenon which embodies contradictions such as solid vs liquid, flat vs relief, controlled vs unpredictable.

It is no coincidence that I use nature as a palette to portray nature itself as well as man and his works. I nostalgically search for connections between the past and the present. I work methodically by searching, collecting and compiling information. However I improvise when it comes to color in order to achieve lifelike impressions. The paintings suggest transformation, the ecosystem, the relationship with one’s Self and praises the woman thanks to whom the adventure of life continues.

Alexis Avlamis