Hélène Farrar

Early Blooms size: 14" poplar materials: encaustic and beeswax on wood Statement: Back in my Teenage years and in my 20s, I spent a lot of time in southern New Mexico. In that time, my parents acquired an incredible Mexican folk art collection. This piece is influenced by my sentiment in looking back to this time in my life shared with my folks, and some of the formal and whimsical elements broadly of Mexican folk art traditions. The surface design Is constructed from encaustic, an ancient medium of molten beeswax paint. The relief bird is also one-hundred percent constructed of beeswax using a mold and casting medium called Impressive Putty. Bio: Hélène Farrar has taught and worked in the visual arts for twenty years while actively exhibiting in commercial, nonprofit, and university galleries in New England, New York City, Pennsylvania, Italy, and England. Farrar has a BA in Studio Art from the University of Maine and a Masters of Fine Art Degree in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in Vermont. Hélène currently works out of her new studio at 711 Main St. Rockland, Steel House North.