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Allyson Levy
Winter Berry Diptych: Abstract Encaustic Painting, Dark Red on Beige Background

2019

$16,500
£12,471.11
€14,587.39
CA$23,428.64
A$23,835.03
CHF 13,695.95
MX$286,618.15
NOK 159,897.87
SEK 160,855.10
DKK 109,048.30

About the Item

Abstract encaustic painting with brown branches with dark red berries against a light beige background "Winter Berry Diptych" made by Hudson Valley based artist, Allyson Levy, in 2019 Made with winter berries and encaustic on two wood panels Each panel measures 16 x 96 inches, measures 32 x 96 x 2 inches (horizontally) Can be oriented vertically or horizontally Hangs with sturdy wires install on the back Artist signature, verso This modern abstract encaustic painting by Allyson Levy is made with dark brown and red winter berry branches in a layer of encaustic wax on a cream beige background. The artist begins by finding the organic material in her 4-acre garden in upstate New York which she then arranges and embeds with encaustic on a wooden panel. The branches are laid in a tree-like abstract motif on the panel and layered with a thick coat of encaustic wax. The encaustic wraps around to the sides of the panel, revealing some bumps and downward drips accumulated during the natural drying process. The panels weigh about 20 pounds each and are hung with wires installed on the back. The piece can be oriented horizontally or vertically. About the artist and her work: After moving to the rural town of Stone Ridge, NY seventeen years ago and starting a 4-acre botanical garden with her husband, mixed media artist, Allyson Levy, has found endless inspiration in the plant kingdom that surrounds her. The garden itself, named “Hortus Conclusus”, consisting of thousands of rare plants and edibles, remains at the epicenter of Levy’s art making. A fascination with earth’s bounty is expressed with her works in encaustic. Assorted organic material such as leaves, seeds, branches, insect wings, and flowers are decoratively arranged in a layer of beeswax, encaustic, and pigment. Some panels have richly pigmented backgrounds; specks of gold found in poppy pods reflect off of a mat black base and plum purple contrasts the natural coloration of birch bark. Following her original inspiration based on a 15th-century practice of preserving seeds in wax during extended sea voyages, Levy’s intentions are to capture and reflect on a specific moment in the material’s life span. Adding, “from sprout to decay, the viewer is visually confronted with the profoundly beautiful, devastating and inevitable cycle.” Allyson Levy has exhibited with the gallery and regionally since 2000.

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