Each square below is a series of work.
The water lily grows in muddy water, and it is this environment that gives forth the flower’s most literal meaning: rising and blooming above the murk. The mud is a reminder of where we’ve been, guiding us to choose the right path over the easy one. It symbolizes rebirth – a letting go of old patterns that no longer benefit the soul – a change of ideas and an acceptance that there is a dawn after one’s darkest day.
©2019, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, Sumi ink, alcohol inks, pastel
42" x 42" x 2"
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©2019, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, Sumi ink, pastel
36" x 36" x 2"
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©2018, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, Sumi ink, vermillion ink, grease crayons
36" x 36" x 2"
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I await for dreams
to transport me from reality,
to float effortlessly in imagination,
hoping for deep sleep,
and a peaceful world.
Adorn my lapel
in remembrance,
numb the sadness
of old memories,
and throw your petals
upon an immense love.
©2017, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, Sumi and Vermillion ink
28" x 28" x 2"
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©2016, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, Sumi Ink, alcohol ink
36" x 42" x 2"
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©2016, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, Sumi ink, alcohol ink
42" x 36" x 2"
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©2016, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, Sumi ink, alcohol ink
36” x 36" x 2"
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Change happens, regardless. It is universal – everything is in constant metamorphoses. Sometimes fast like a growing baby, other times so slow you can’t see it happening like the pressing down of rock or the crushing down and pushing up of mountains.
Knowing this – accepting that we are not in control of change – gives us the power to direct it.
We are diggers for remnants of who we were – for trinkets to validate who we are. These are the jewels of our spirit. We think they’re deeper then they are. Sometimes we mine for years when the precious totem may be right there glittering on the ground before us.
©2015, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, india ink, alcohol ink
60" x 48" x 2"
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©2015, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, india ink, alcohol ink
48" x 36" x 2"
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©2016, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, india ink, alcohol ink
30" x 40" x 2"
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©2015, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, india ink, alcohol ink
48" x 36" x 2"
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©2016, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, india ink, alcohol ink
30" x 40" x 2"
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Love, like light, is a spectrum of color, density and emotion, with unlimited perspectives influenced by atmospheric instability.
Sometimes blinding, other times soft and non discreet – a kaleidoscope of forces that leave us breathless and humbled.
©2017, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, silk tissue, Sumi ink
4" x 4" each
Sold in 10” x 10” framed set of 4
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©2017, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, silk tissue, Sumi ink
4" x 4" each
Sold in 10” x 10” framed set of 4
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©2017, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, silk tissue, sumi ink, image transfer
10" x 10"
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©2017, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, silk tissue, Sumi ink
10" x 10"
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©2017, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, silk tissue, Sumi ink
10" x 10"
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© 2017 Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encausic, mixed medium, silk tissue, Sumi ink
4" x 4" 13" x 13" total
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©2013, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, silk tissue, old stamps and oil stick
10" x 20"
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I love bamboo. One of the most versatile plants on our earth. It has been used for over 7000 years – a staple product in China and Japan – from making paper, building materials, musical instruments, utilitarian needs, clothes, and fine art, to medicine and food. Its is beautiful and extremely strong.
It is a life lesson plant: bend without breaking, establish strong and reliable roots, embrace the constant potential for growth, learn and improve, slow down, and watch the bamboo sway in the wind, take in its harmonic sounds, and keep the mind calm so the eyes can open wider.
At the top of the Chinese character, or Kanji, for smile or laugh are two small symbols for bamboo.
How wonderful!
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©2015, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, india ink, alcohol ink, pigment, bamboo
28" x 28" x 2"
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©2015, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, india ink, bamboo, copper
36" x 36" x 2"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, Bamboo, copper and fresh water pearls
16” x 16” x 2"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and Bamboo
16” x 16” x 2"
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©2013, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, copper, bamboo,
gelatin print on silk tissue on birch board
30” x 40” x 2"
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©2017, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, bamboo, tissue paper,
alcohol ink, Sumi and Vermillion ink
14" x 14" x 2"
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Sometimes they’re maps, other times a language – a form of communication offering up information.
There’s an urgency to these pieces as if what is being said is important to us at this point in our evolution.
These marks tell a story, like ancient cave paintings, open to ones own interpretation.
©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, graphite and oil stick on birch board
48" x 36" x 2"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick and pastel on birch board
28" x 28" x 3"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick and pastel on birch board
28" x 28" x 3"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
Triptych 54" x 18" x 2"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick and pastel
24" X 48" x 2"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and graphite
Diptych : 32” x 16" x 2"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and graphite
16” x 16” x 2"
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Expansion and contraction.
An ancient symbol of the goddess, the womb, fertility, feminine, serpent force, continual change, and eternity. Infinity.
Symbolic of balance, progress, initiation, centering, awareness, journeying development. It is found everywhere: shells, tornadoes, the twisting growth of plants and trees, whirlpools of water, animal horns. It is the universe and everything in it.
We grow, learn and revisit, each time with more wisdom. It is what was, what is, and what will become again and again and again.
©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and Oil Stick
Diptych : 60” x 40”
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and Oil Stick
Diptych : 72” x 48”.
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and Oil Stick
Triptych : 72” x 48”
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and Oil Stick
Tryptych : 108” x 48”
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We walk in and out of doors. We take the chances of walking through a closed door into the unknown.
Doors are shields that keep us safe, keep us in, keep us from confronting the unknown, protecting us from our vulnerabilities.
I push through doors that have been locked and warped shut, never sure if the door picked was the right one, but always amazed and grateful that I made it through.
©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick on birch board
36" x 36"
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick on birch board
48" x 36"
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
48” x 36”
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
48" x 36"
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic with oil stick, 23 carat gold leaf
38" x 38"
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
Quadtych : 48” x 48”
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©2015, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
20” x 10” x 2"
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©2015, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
20” x 10” x 2"
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©2015, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
20” x 10” x 2"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
8" x 8"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
8” X 8"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
8" x 8"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
8" x 8"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
10" x 10"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
10" x 10"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
10" x 10"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
10" x 10"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
10" x 10"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
10" x 10"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
10" x 10"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, magnolia leaves and graphite on birch board
16” x 16” x 2"
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©2013, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, copper, found objects and silk tissue
30" x 40" x 2"
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Hanging Orbs : 9", 11", and 14" in diameter
Encaustic, silk tissue, bamboo, hemp, ink and copper
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and Gelatin Print
with copper wire
Triptych : 18” x 8” x 2”
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©2014, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, found materials, old letters, copper, old frame
14” x 16”
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©2013, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, copper, silk tissue, old frame
14” x 16”
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©2013, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, long pine needles
16” x 16” x 2”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
26” x 26” x 2”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick and graphite
40” x 30” x 2”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
36” x 36” 2”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
36” x 36” x 2”
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick
36” x 36” x 2”
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©2011, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic
Triptych : 36” x 36” x 2”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, graphite
20” x 20” 2”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, graphite
18” x 18” x 2”
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©2010, Jamie lee Hoffer
Encaustic, image transfer
14” x 14”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and image transfer
14” x 14”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, oil stick, image transfer
18” x 24”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic
18” x 14”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and image transfer
8” x 20”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic and oil stick
14” x 14”
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©2010, Jamie Lee Hoffer
Encaustic, photos, old stamps and oil stick
Triptych : 36” x 36”
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Encaustic paint is a mixture of beeswax, damar crystals and pigment which is kept molten on a heated palette. It is applied to a prepared wooden surface or “substraight” then reheated to fuse each layer of paint after every application. It is impervious to moisture, doesn’t deteriorate, yellow or darken and has a flash point of 200 degrees fahrenheit. It can be polished to a high gloss, molded, sculpted, textured and can be combined with collage materials. It cools immediately, so there is no drying time, yet it can always be reworked. I work with a variety of tools and materials such as razor blades, sand paper, etching and carving tools, oil sticks and oil paints, heat guns, torches and anything I can find that will create a mark on the wax.
A Little History
Encaustic painting was practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th century B.C.. Because of its ability to preserve, it was originally used to weatherproof ships. Once pigment was introduced to the wax it became a means for decorating warships and later refined for painting on panels. The most famous encaustic works are the funeral portraits painted on linen in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. by Greek painters in Egypt. A portrait of the deceased was placed over the person’s mummy as a memorial. Many of these pieces still exists today with colors as clear and vivid as when they were first painted.
