Indoor, Outdoor—A Murmuration of Small Things I Love - Wendy Trusler
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Indoor, Outdoor—A Murmuration of Small Things I Love

2014

 

Small Challenges—

 

How long it takes to create a piece is a question I never seem to have a straight answer for, mostly because I work in multiples and bounce from piece to piece to navigate impasses.

 

In late November 2014, in anticipation of the holiday season, I challenged myself to make work, start to finish, in an hour—not counting the time it took to work through vexing hanging and label printing woes.

 

The result? A liberating and evolving series of compositions I call “smalls”. I don’t know where this will lead.

 

 

Scroll down for images and descriptions of all pieces in this Series.

Indoor, Outdoor I

2014

 

Encaustic, paper trunk-liner,

Bub’s clothespin, rare earth magnet,

scan from book in Dad’s ski library

and Nana’s Royal Crown Derby on panel.

4”x4”

Private Collection

Indoor, Outdoor II

2014

 

Encaustic, bark and lichen on panel.

4”x4”

Private Collection

Indoor, Outdoor III

2014

 

Encaustic, burlap chair strapping, jar lid,

rare earth magnets, liniment bottle

and Nana’s Royal Crown Derby on panel.

4”x4”

Indoor, Outdoor IV

2014

 

Encaustic,

section of Gene’s tree-scape (c.1975),

Nana’s handmade lace

and Royal Crown Derby on panel.

4”x4”

Indoor, Outdoor V

2014

 

Encaustic,

section of Gene’s treescape (c. 1975),

Nana’s handmade lace,

and a bicycle I made from Canadian pennies,

copper wire and nails (2013) on panel.

4”x4”

Private Collection

Indoor, Outdoor VI

2014

 

Encaustic and scan of

Skiing the America’s spine on panel.

4”x4”

Private Collection

 Indoor, Outdoor VII

2014

 

Encaustic, TV screen capture,

and Brion’s nails (c. 2006)

with rare earth magnets on panel.

4”x4”

Indoor, Outdoor VIII

2014

 

Encaustic on panel.

4”x4”

Private Collection

Skiing the Americas

2014

 

Encaustic on panel.

4”x4”

Private Collection

Across Countries

2014

 

Encaustic, paper trunk-liner,

Dad’s ski carrier and

rare earth magnets on panel .

7”x7”

Private Collection

Indoor, Outdoor IX

2014

 

Encaustic, TV screen capture,

paper trunk-liner and tacks on panel.

4”x4”

Indoor, Outdoor X

2014

 

Encaustic, cardboard, paper trunk-liner,

Bub’s clothespin, rare earth magnet,

Nana’s handmade lace and tacks

on panel.

4”x4”

Indoor, Outdoor XI

2014

 

Encaustic, TV screen capture

packaging from Dad’s toolbox,

lichen and tacks on panel.

4”x4”

Indoor, Outdoor XII

2014

 

Encaustic, burlap

Nana’s handmade lace,

canvas, wood, spruce seeds,

birch bark, cedar fronds and tacks

on panel.

4”x4”

Indoor, Outdoor XIII

2014

 

Encaustic, bark, lichen,

reindeer moss and tacks

on panel.

4”x4”