The Circus is in Town

The Big top is in town.

Clowns Out on the Town
It was a grueling six months at the clown academy. The Anderson brothers had worked hard.  After clown graduation, Sven and his brothers decided to go out on the town to celebrate their accomplishments.

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Fireflies were everywhere as she walked through the open field toward the tent. The circus was leaving early in the morning. Clara knew she had to go see the show one more time. When she arrived the huge tent was almost full. She found a seat near the front. Her small suitcase was stuffed with her most precious items. It fit perfectly under the wood bench. This was it, was she going to give up the life she knew for him? Then she saw him, her heart gave her the answer

Encaustic Mixed Media Painting - Charlie

I enjoy collecting vintage photographs and I love using them in my paintings. In this original encaustic painting I have incorporated a vintage photograph as well as red thread, red paper dots and some gold leafing.

 I stitched the red thread onto the photograph and let the threads hang. The effect looks wonderful when the painting is hanging on the wall. I then nailed the photo to the painting.

The background of the painting has some vintage pages from a book. I really like the was the vintage paper looks the encaustic beeswax is applied to the paper. The pages of the paper gets somewhat translucent and the back side shows through.

This original encaustic mixed media painting is available to purchase in my shop here.

Sideshow CIRCUS

The circus.

Big top sideshow encaustic paintings

Circus dogs!