Portfolio > 2-D Shaped Paintings (2008-2018)

Selected Work: Many of these sculptural paintings were inspired by specific landscapes and water forms. I began creating shaped substrates in 2006, when I received the gift of a scroll saw. The wood panels of the works are shaped in one or multiple segments. Surfaces painted with encaustic are smooth and molten in appearance. Acrylic pieces show brush strokes.

I have received awards for Copper Falls, Sierra High and Cherry Creek.

Abstract colorful wall sculpture in wavy segments
Five Six Seven Eight
Encaustic on 7 shaped panels
40" x 50"
Abstract painting in encaustic about waves
Seiche
Encaustic on 2 shaped panels
13-1/8" x 30" x 3/4"
Abstract shaped painting with wavy pattern
Ninety at the Shore
Encaustic on 2 shaped panels
19" x 20.5" x 1"
Abstract pattern encaustic painting on shaped panel
(Up From) The Laundry Room 1
Encaustic on shaped panel
19” x 18.5” x 1” as installed
Abstract pattern encaustic painting on shaped panel
(Up From) The Laundry Room 2
Encaustic on shaped panel
20-3/8" x 16-1/2" x 1"
Abstract pattern encaustic painting on shaped panel
(Up From) The Laundry Room 3
Encaustic on shaped panel
16 ¾” x 15 ½” x 1
Abstract painting in checkered pattern
(Up From) The Laundry Room 4
Encaustic on shaped panel
21-1/2" x 21" x 1"
Abstract sculptural painting in acrylic by Shelley Gilchrist
Continental 2
Acrylic on 2 shaped panels
27" x 10" x 1" each
abstract encaustic painting of colorful ocean waves
Liquid Sky - Race Point
Encaustic on shaped panel
15" x 23" x 1"
Abstract sculptural painting in spiral shape, encaustic, by Shelley Gilchrist
Spiral Eddy 2
Encaustic on shaped panel
28" x 29 1/2" x 3/4"
Abstract sculptural painting about willow trees in encaustic by Shelley Gilchrist
Willows 1 - Essex
Encaustic on 3 shaped panels
30" x 8.5" x 1" each
Abstract sculptural painting, encaustic paint, seashell
Ocean House (F.L.W.)
Encaustic on shaped panel
20-1/4" x 21-1/2" x 1"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting of ocean eddy in spiral shape by Shelley Gilchrist
Spiral Eddy
Encaustic on shaped panel
23 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 1"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting of Big Sur landscape by Shelley Gilchrist
Big Sur 2
Encaustic on shaped panel
14-1/2" x 36" x 3/4"
Saturnalia (detail of installation)

Saturnalia

(detail of installation)
Encaustic on shaped panel
13" diameter x 1"
abstract sculpture of stars
myStars
Encaustic on shaped panels
11" - 17" diam. x 1"
Abstract sculptural painting, encaustic paint

Saturnalia

(detail of installation)
Encaustic on panel
17" diameter x 1"
Abstract sculptural painting, encaustic paint

Saturnalia

(detail of installation)
Encaustic on shaped panel
15" diameter x 1"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting of waterfall by Shelley Gilchrist
Copper Falls
Encaustic on shaped cradled panel
43" x 16" x 1-1/4"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting of sea waves by Shelley Gilchrist
Sea Change 2, nos. 1-5
installation
Encaustic on 5 shaped panels
42" (h) x 59" x 3/4"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting using colorful crescent moon shapes by Shelley Gilchrist
Hot Luna
Encaustic on shaped panel
28" diam. x 1-1/4"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting of Sierra mountains by Shelley Gilchrist
Sierra High
Encaustic on shaped panels
29" x 35" x 3/4"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting of a reflected landscape Shelley Gilchrist
Fata Morgana
Encaustic on 2 shaped panels
12" x 35" x 3/4"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting of waves on Lake Michigan by Shelley Gilchrist
Michigana
Encaustic on shaped panels
27" x 34" x 3/4"
Abstract sculptural painting in encaustic
Catawampous
Encaustic on shaped panel
23-1/2" x 32-1/2" x 1-1/2"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting of Upper Tuolumne River (Cherry Creek) rapids by Shelley Gilchrist
Cherry Creek
Encaustic on shaped panels
18" x 19" x 3/4"
Abstract encaustic sculptural painting of colorful rugged landscape by Shelley Gilchrist
San Andreas
Encaustic on 4 shaped panels
26" (h) x 31" x 3/4"

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