Zanna Wilson - landscape art
Argyll seascape: Oil and beeswax on board
Zanna Wilson: producing original art
Zanna Wilson has gained fame for her oil and beeswax canvases.At Leith School of Art, Zanna Wilson learned to paint with oil and beeswax. Although beeswax is not her only medium, the main part of her work is in this medium with raw ground pigments mixed with oil. Zanna Wilson’s original art often depicts abstract interpretations of Scottish landscapes.
Sunset over Kerrera: Oil and beeswax
Oil and Beeswax;the technique explained
Oil and beeswax is referred to as encaustic or wax encaustic which can be a sculptural or textural painting method with the wax allowing the surface of the paint to be carved, buffed and burnished. The simplest encaustic mixture can be made from adding pigments to beeswax. Zanna Wilson’s approach is through a mixture of oil paints. Because wax is used as the pigment binder, Zanna Wilson’s canvases can be sculpted as well as painted.
This technique was notably used in the Fayum mummy portraits from Egypt around 100-300 AD, in the Blachernitissa and other early icons, but more recently in contemporary art with artists such as American artist Jasper Johns.
Jasper Johns original art of maps, flags, and targets encouraged the move from Abstract Expressionism toward an emphasis on the concrete. Jasper Johns contemporary art laid the groundwork for both Pop Art and Minimalism.
More about Zanna Wilson’s original art
Rowan tree in a small glen: oil and besswax
Zanna Wilson was educated at Winchester and Leith Schools of Art, as well as Edinburgh University, Zanna lives and works close to Aberfeldy, Scotland.
Her first successful solo show was in Glasgow in 2009. Since becoming a full time artist in 2005, her original art has received considerable recognition with awards from the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and the Paisley Art Institute.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Over the summer (2010) , an exhibition in the Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld which runs until 17th August and a show at The Crinan Hotel for Royal Glasgow Institute painters 31st July – 31st August.
At The Leith Gallery Edinburgh, her original art will be part of a a group show for its Edinburgh Festival Exhibition.
Zanna Wilson will also be exhibiting from her studi0 in Grandtull, Perthshire Scotland with the Perthshire Open Studios 5-13th September, 2010
See Zanna Wilson’s contemporary art at her own website at www.zannawilson.co.uk
Zanna Wilson also produces original art in other mediums such watercolours, ink and pastels and oils. Here is a selection of her most recent paintings
Tin Roof: watercolour & gouche
Ben Lawers from the Lagg: watercolour
Ben Roshven 2: oil on board
Ailort sunrise: inl & pastel on paper
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