Your Acts Of Kindness
10″x12″ mixed media painting on wood. This painting is 1.5″ deep and a the sides are painted red. This painting is available HERE or through me directly maria@mariapacewynters.com. Layaway is available for this painting.
“My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart.”
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Our Souls
This is a 19″x6″ mixed media piece on black watercolour paper. This painting is flat and will need be matted and framed by you. (The photo makes the writing appear a bit off but it is actually quite straight on the real painting). Available HERE
“He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights)
I quite like this new black watercolour paper. I tried to not over paint on it so as to leave the black come through. I like how she has faint heart cheeks as this is such a romantic quote. I separate the quote from the book, however. When I think of this quote, I do not think of Catherine and Heathcliffe. I know I am an anomaly but I really didn’t like the character of Heathcliffe and so I had trouble buying into their love story. I love Emily Bronte’s writing though, so beautiful, such a great storyteller and the idea that two souls are so connected makes me swoon. Maybe I need to re-read the book, it has been over thirty years! No doubt I am wiser now, maybe I just didn’t GET it the first go around.
Unruffled Mind
This is a 12″x16″ mix media/encaustic painting on wood. The sides are 1.5″ deep and are painted red. This painting is available HERE in my Etsy shop or from me personally maria@mariapacewynters.com Layaway is available for this painting
“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow” Charlotte Bronte
This painting is SOLD
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu
Red Lace (Corset 2019)
5.5″ x9.5″ mixed media painting on black watercolour paper. This painting needs to be matted and framed by you.
This painting is available HERE in my Etsy store.
I thought I’d try out this Stonehenge watercolour paper, it is black. I love trying out new materials, it keeps me on my toes!
“Life is an experiment in which you may fail or succeed. Explore more, expect least.”
―
Independent Will
18″x24″ mix media/encaustic painting on wood. The sides are 1.5″ deep and are painted red. This painting is available in my Etsy shop HERE or directly from me maria@mariapacewynters.com
Layaway is available for this painting.
The inspiration behind this painting:
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
Charlotte Brontë
This last week in Alberta, Canada we elected someone into power who is threatened by people who do not fit into a tidy neat little box. It wasn’t a surprise to me, I knew Jason Kenney was going to get elected. For all of the time I have lived in Alberta, the conservatives have been in power. The last four years have a been an anomaly. I do not want to get political. I try to avoid it at all costs but this is not about politics. This is about human rights.
It hurts my heart to know that people from the LGBTQ community are worried and scared because the UCP have a majority government. We have to stand up for these human beings, because it starts with taking away their rights and ends with taking away all of our rights. No person, group or government should hold the power to take away another’s free will. We are all free… we are no birds … we are not ensnared in a net (YET) … we are free human beings with independent will. We must stand together for this to remain true. We must stand up against anyone that tries to impede that freedom for our fellow human beings. We cannot be silent.
Corseted Heart (Corsets 2019)
This is an 8″x 10″ mix media/ encaustic painting on wood. This painting is 1.5″ deep and has turquoise sides. This painting is available HERE in my Etsy shop or through me directly maria@mariapacewynters.com
The first night that Imogen had to put on her brace for scoliosis was truly heartbreaking. The contraption that was strapped around her torso was made of a heavy hard plastic, like hockey or football equipment. The velcro straps had little pen lines on them, marks to let us know how tight we had to have them in order for them to be doing the job. I can be honest, as I stared down at this tiny little girl (10 at the time) and thought no way, she can’t possibly sleep in that. How close did I come to actually saying that out loud? But no, she had to, and she did and she didn’t complain. She managed to sleep in it. Looking back, this was the easiest time. Before growth spurts, before hips, before they decide that a night brace was no longer good enough, before a thirteen year old girl had to wear that hockey gear under her everyday clothes for 23 hours a day. Then it really became heartbreaking.
You know what they say though, “And this too shall pass” … and it did…
” What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” … and it does.
My heart still grieves a little for those 5 years of restraint though, even though I know there are so many worse things happening in the world. So many worse things that people (children) have to endure. I still can’t help but grieve for her a little, remembering this time but also knowing that back pain will always be part of her life.
Motherhood
Laced Cage / Croset And Roses
12″x18″ mixed-media/ encaustic painting on wood. The sides are turquoise and are 1.5″ deep.
Available HERE
6″x12″ mix media/encaustic painting on wood. The sides are 1.5″ deep and are painted turquoise. This painting is available HERE
Laced Up (Corset 2019)
This is a 9″x12″ mixed media/ encaustic painting. The sides are 1.5″ deep and are turquoise but could be red if you prefer. This paintings is available in my Etsy shop order directly from me Maria@mariapacewynters.com
Haven’t done a corset for awhile but Chris went to a Frida exhibit in NY the other day and saw a display of her decorated body casts. It made me think of Imogen and her collection of braces that she had to wear for her scoliosis treatment. These braces inspired the corset paintings I did several years back. I’m Always trying to romanticize things, to make something ugly more beautiful. I’m actually quite morbid and dark individual and I think I try to counter that by painting beauty and trying to capture whimsy. It’s that ying yang thang don’t you know
Blue Poppy And Blue Willow
This 10″x20″ mixed media/encaustic painting is available in my Etsy shop. The sides can be red or turquoise on this one and are 1.5″ deep.
Go HERE or direct message me via email maria@mariapacewynters.com if you would like more info on this painting or would like to purchase. (Remember, lay away is always an option <3)
These blue poppies are so rare. I was successful last year at actually getting several poppies to grow in my backyard, not blue ones, but I will take what I can get. Poppies just don’t want to grow for me. So, I’ll paint them, whatever, I do not have a green thumb in the garden but I do in the studio! HA HA.
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.”
―
Temporary Poppies
This is a 12”x16 ”mixed media/ encaustic piece on a wood cradle. The sides are red and are 1.5″ deep. This painting is Sold
Remember, I do layaway on paintings over $100, email me at maria@mariapacewynters.com
So this was my second attempt at filming a floral painting for my upcoming PYHAS2019 online course, then it accidentally got partially deleted. I’m not mentioning any names (Chris) because he feels so bad that he was actually trying to buy me furniture we don’t need so I’d forgive him. He’s forgiven, as I actually couldn’t do any of this without him ❤️ but he’s no longer allowed to touch the trash can button on the new camera
You can still sign up for this e-course Here
Blue Willow and Poppies
This encaustic/ mixed media painting is 10″x20″ and is Sold. The sides are 1.5″ deep and are painted red.
I do layaway on paintings over $100. Contact me via email maria@mariapacewynters.com
Cheery Flowers/ PYHAS2019
It has been very dreary in Edmonton for the last few days. It’s been warmer, so I am not really complaining but the sun has not been out and on Sunday it was so foggy we couldn’t even see downtown from the loft window. All that said, I can’t help thinking about spring and summer. It comes so fast when it starts and the girls and I have even got some seeds to start inside. We don’t usually do this because … CATS… but this year we thought we could start them in my studio ( a no cat zone). Speaking of the studio and of things I have never done before, I am in the process of filming my workshop for the PAINT YOUR HEART AND SOUL 2019 year long, online painting class. Yesterday’s work may not have had the results that I wanted, my bun made several unwelcome appearances so I have to change where I position the camera. That being said, I am excited about how everything else looked and can’t wait to start editing it together.
For those of you that have been asking me about this workshop, I have included the link for more info HERE. I will be doing a demo of one of my floral paintings and one of my portrait paintings.
12″ x 12″ mix media/ encaustic painting on wood. The sides are red and are 1.5″ deep. This painting is SOLD
Happy Chicken
This Happy Chicken is a 13″x19″ mixed media painting on rag paper. This painting is flat and would need to be matted and framed by you. She is available HERE in my Etsy shop or you can contact me directly maria@mariapacewynters.com
Sometimes when I am making a reproductions of my paintings, I mess up. I use really lovely (and expensive) rag paper so the idea of it it going to waste is upsetting to me. I am a paper lover, through and through. I always have been. I love working on paper, I love the smell of it, the feel of it, the different weights, the different tooth. So, when a mistake happens, I often use the ruined print as an under painting and making something new from it. This Happy Chicken above is an example of making lemons into Lemonade. I am sure she would happily wave here tail feathers and exclaim “Waste not, want not” to all that would listen.
Two Florals In Celebration Of the Sun
“Until further notice, celebrate everything.”
-Anonymous
These two are available in me Etsy shop. They are encaustic mixed media paintings on wood. The sides are 1.5″ deep and are painting red. They look great as is, no need for framing.
Summer Peony Slice
3″x18″ mixed media encaustic painting on wood. Available HERE
Summer Peonies
12″x12″ mixed media/encaustic painting on wood. This painting is available HERE
The Little Koi Pond
12″x6″ mixed media painting on wood with 1.5″ deep sides that are painted red. This painting is available HERE
I did this little koi a while back but forgot to post it. So here she is swimming in her little water lily pond.
A Rose Garden
6″x36″ mixed media painting on canvas. The sides are 1.5
deep and are painted red.
This painting is available HERE
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature
is that all of us tend to put off living.
We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over
the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are
blooming outside our windows today.
– Dale Carnegie
I Still Have OPEN Auction Pieces
Hello, what a great Auction! So much fun. Several pieces are still available to purchase at the BUY NOW price. The Handmade Holiday Auction runs until Dec 14, don’t miss all of the amazing art that is being displayed!
These paintings are still OPEN, 
$275 BUY NOW
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$ 200 BUY NOW
SOLD
$140 BUY NOW
$150 BUY NOW
$200 BUY NOW
First Auction Items Are Closing Soon
The following items are on the Auction Floor and are going to be closing in the next few hours. GO HERE to bid
Originals Available For Holiday Auction
One more sleep until The Handmade Holiday Auction with Stephanie Gagos begins!
Below are all the original paintings that I will have up for auction. I am also going to include the info that Stephanie Gagos has provided so you know how the auction works. She makes it all so much clearer than I could.
Love you all, and I hope to see you on my day!
FROM STEPHANIE GAGOS:
This is 14 day long handmade holiday auction with well over 300 items up for auction. The event may be longer than stated above since FB only allows you to schedule a 14 day event…we will most likely run into the 13th for our wrap party.
Artists include:
Donna Davies Timm, Marisol Diaz, Susan Strange, Elaine Flamholtz Schloss, Kara Strachan Bullock, Amber Bryce, Christina Miles, Sean Baker , Kristen Penrod , Sona Viola , Barbara Youngman, Jamie Baldwin Gaviola, Stacha Prazak Conboy, Suzy Madden, Natasha Wozniak, Jenny Wentworth, Kimberly Heil-Artist, Jennifer Bonneted ,Jennifer Albin, Robin Laws, Robin Mead, , Nikol Wikman, Marianne Velis Goodell, Maria Pace-Wynters (THAT’S ME ), Jodi Ohl
Each item will have a starting bid and a closing time as well as a shipping amount (please read the note on shipping below). Winning bid at the end of closing time wins the item. Please be aware that our clocks cannot possibly be in sync. Closing time is by my clock.
All times are EST. I will tag you when you win (if we are FB friends) Please note winner is by my clock and that clocks may vary.
Payment and shipping costs are to be sent to the artist’s Paypal account within a few hours in USD, no later than 24 hours. Please be prompt with payment and pay as soon as you know you’ve won. I will post the winner for each item with a blurb that describes where to send the payment.
Some items will have a Buy it Now Price, if a buy it now price is hit, bidder wins it regardless of current bids. Please be sure to read carefully. A BIN may be placed at any time unless someone has won the item already.
Items not bid on will be available at the starting bid or higher for the duration of the event. Look for anything that does not say sold. Occasionally we have a wrap party and include items that did not get snatched up.
Sometimes we allow anonymous bidding but cannot guarantee this option will be available.
Shipping: Items will be shipped within 3-5 days after the auction.
Shipping outside the U.S is at an additional cost, please contact the artist to get a quote.
SHIPPING INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING, NOT JUST POSTAGE. SOME ARTISTS ALSO INCLUDE INSURANCE.
Please contact the artist about shipping inquiries. I will not be able to assist with information about shipping. We cannot guarantee your item will arrive in time for the holidays.
Please feel free to comment on the pieces even if you are not placing a bid. The love and support at my auctions are part of what makes the process truly special. Thank you for being here!
If you would like to be tagged when certain pieces come up, please comment on the piece and say “Tag me” in the weeks before the auction.
Please only ask to be tagged if you intend on bidding.
If you are interested in being updated on all of my future auctions, you can sign up here:
http://www.stephaniegagos.com/auctions/
**This auction is not in any way affiliated with FB.
SO MUCH FUN, RIGHT?!
Auction Dream Keeper (Boxes)
These original paintings on boxes (I call them Dream Keepers) will be available in the upcoming Handmade Holiday auction. It’s going to be amazing!
Handmade Holiday Auction with Stephanie Gagos Online Auction on Facebook.
For more info and to join this upcoming event go HERE
A Buzz In My Ear-The ear is the avenue to the heart
8″x8″ mixed media painting on wood. This painting will need to matted and framed by you.
This painting is available HERE
The ear is the avenue to the heart.
Voltaire
