Artist Open House with Joy Hagen - Snoqualmie

About The Artist:

The daughter of a forester, my early childhood was spent living in the jungle in the Philippines, and in Panama. Back in Seattle, summers meant hiking and camping around the Pacific Northwest. Forests and woodlands have been my sanctuary and solace for almost as long as I can remember.  My art speaks to remembered moments through selected bits and pieces of the natural world, usually referencing trees. I create “assembled landscapes” using reclaimed materials and melted beeswax mixed with resin and pigment, known as encaustic medium. Papers, fabrics, stones and wayside plant materials from my yard and travels, plus what I call the detritus of prior works, all become storytelling elements as I contemplate loss, devastation and erosion versus perseverance, fertility and new growth. I find that I learn something new with every walk in nature.  It is what brings me peace and gives me my voice…