Shima Shanti
American
Shima works in the ancient and alchemical medium of encaustic, painting with beeswax and fire. Her impressionistic paintings of sea and sky are inspired by the rhythm and flow of water conveying a deep sense of peace within the natural world.
In her studio, Shima experiments with the mercurial elements of beeswax. Layering bold brushstrokes of molten wax and pure pigments she creates a rough-yet-refined texture. Then with the flame of a torch, she smooths the wax to a satin finish creating deep luminous spaces that draw the viewer beneath the surface. Adding the elements—layering, fusing, watching the beeswax and pigment combine become her meditation. When she sees what she feels in her heart she knows her work is done.
Like all impressionistic art and especially encaustic painting, creating her work requires letting go of every last bit of ego; allowing Spirit to guide her. It has taught her to treasure the imperfection and spontaneity of life.
Shima and her husband, Jim Kelly live in the lakeside hamlet of Del Dios near San Diego. Timeless joy of lost hours in the studio and the simple pleasure of outdoors balance the business demands and travel of her artist’s career.
Growing up in big sky Montana forever connected her with nature, giving her an innate sense of color and composition. She never expected to become a collected encaustic painter. However, years after moving to the coast of California, and after an established career in the corporate world, Shima felt that unrelenting desire that all artists have to create.(Biography provided by Thornwood Gallery)
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Through a Glass Darkly
Located in Escondido, CA
"Through a Glass Darkly" is an original encaustic painting by San Diego Artist, Shima Shanti. This painting is inspired by the deep well of stillness; the merging of all and nothing....
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As Far as I Dare Go
Located in Escondido, CA
"As Far as I Dare Go" is an original encaustic painting by San Diego Artist, Shima Shanti. This painting is inspired by the meeting place of land and sea where earth and water merge;...
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Unbidden Peril
Located in Escondido, CA
"Unbidden Peril" is an original encaustic painting by San Diego Artist, Shima Shanti. This painting is inspired by the rhythm and flow of water. Even in the most tumultuous seas ther...
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2010s Impressionist Shima Shanti
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I Gently Weep
Located in Escondido, CA
"I Gently Weep" is an original encaustic painting by San Diego Artist, Shima Shanti. This painting is inspired by the meeting place of land and sea where earth and water merge; the f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Shima Shanti
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I Cry for You
Located in Escondido, CA
"I Cry for You" is an original encaustic painting by San Diego Artist, Shima Shanti. This painting is inspired by the meeting place of land and sea where earth and water merge; the f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Shima Shanti
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Purplescent
Located in Escondido, CA
"Purplescent" in the "Lay of the Land" collection is inspired by the meeting place of land and sea where earth and water merge; the fleeting moment between time and space where one g...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Shima Shanti
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The Rising Sun
Located in Escondido, CA
"The Rising Sun" in the "Lay of the Land" collection is an original painting by San Diego Artist Shima Shanti in the ancient art form of Encaustic. Up to 50 layers of purified beeswa...
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Etched in Stone
Located in Escondido, CA
Etched in Stone is an original encaustic painting by San Diego Artist, Shima Shanti. Shima is an encaustic painter working in the ancient art form of painting with molten beeswax and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Shima Shanti
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Ashore the Sea of Peril
Located in Escondido, CA
"Ashore the Sea of Peril" in the "Water in Motion" collection is inspired by the rhythm and flow of water derived from San Diego encaustic artist Shima Shanti's own observation and ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Shima Shanti
Materials
Encaustic, Wax
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