Martha Rea Baker has recently returned from two weeks in Spain where she visited Bilbao, Barcelona and Malaga on the Costa del Sol. While in Malaga she created intimate encaustics on paper inspired by the light, colors and landscape of this beautiful Mediterranean coastal town.

A selection of these “poured” wax paintings is posted below.

Costa del Sol 1—-8.24 x 12″—-Encaustic on Paper

Costa del Sol 2—-8.25″ x 12″—-Encaustic on Paper

Costa del Sol 3—-8.25″ x 12″—-Encaustic on Paper

Costa del Sol 4—-8.25″ x 12″—-Encaustic on Paper

A second, more abstract, quartet was finished the first week after Martha returned to her studio in Santa Fe, NM.

Colores de Malaga I—-16″ x 20″—-Encaustic on Paper

Colores de Malaga II—-16″ x 20″—-Encaustic on Paper

Colores de Malaga III—-16″ x 20″—-Encaustic on Paper

Colores de Malaga IV—-16″ x 20″—-Encaustic on Paper

Eighteen small encaustic works on paper have been shipped to Brown’s Fine Art in Jackson MS to be debuted on November 20th at “Fondren Unwrapped”, the annual Holiday Open House.