Alana Ann Kapell

I had the privilege of studying with one of Canada’s great colourists, Ted Godwin, at the University of Regina. Ted said, “ “Whether an artist chooses to pursue landscape, still life, the figure, or whatever else, these are all just vehicles that serve to carry the real subject matter: paint.”  In reference to my work, no matter what my subject matter, my prime inspiration has always been colour.

 My medium is mixed. The qualities of encaustic (hot wax and oil paint) that appeal to me are its sensuality, unpredictability and its earthiness– visceral in texture and smell. 

Because of art residencies I completed in Newfoundland I have been incorporating textiles, in the form of rug hooking, into my work mainly with recycled materials. Mosaic becomes integral to the encaustic panel and fibre.

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