Margaret Berry
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made of wax, the embedded bottles stand like crops in rows. Love of the land is one of the threads that
pulls my work together.
Picasso said, “I put in my pictures everything I like. So much the worse for the things – they have to get
along with one another.” In a corollary to that, I pursue in my work everything I like. So much worse for the
baffled – they have to accept that or miss the conversation completely.
“exploser, fragmenter, ramener”
(explode, break apart, bring back) -Orlan
Even though I am rooted in the Great Plains, my work is increasingly transnational. Through BrushstrokesTV,
the online channel of a British media company, my videos are watched in over 40 countries
and accompanying DVDs and products are also exported.
Contemporary encaustic has been mostly an American phenomenon to this point, but ripples of interest
are radiating around the world. The next decade of the encaustic movement promises to be even more
explosive and exciting. I predict it will come full circle with exhibitions in the lands of its ancient roots. An
encaustic spring, if you will. The season of encaustic is only beginning around our world.
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