Rhonda Raulston

Resignation/Anticipation Rhonda Raulston

Encaustic, India Ink, Alcohol Ink on Watercolor Paper 12" x 16" $275

This series of paintings reflects the uneasy synthesis of all my conflicting emotions and responses from this past year: inertia building to manic energy; certainty devolving into chaotic confusion; optimistic anticipation fading into doubtful resignation. To represent these conflicting states of mind, I paired two unlikely media and styles for this series: the spontaneous energy of Zen ensō paintings with the solid stability of the enveloping encaustic medium; the hard, unyielding encaustic and the highly fluid and spontaneous ink. Ensō is symbolic of togetherness; encaustic is togetherness made physical. The elements of paper and ink are inseparably imbued with encaustic medium, thus becoming a unified representation of acceptance. This is “Resignation/Anticipation.” 55 Contact information for this artist can be found on page 88.