Ezshwan Winding

I strive to make art that touches people's hearts, either abstract or figurative and has spiritual meaning for me. Through my art, I hope to connect with others with beauty of harmony, color, form and energy. Dreams and mediation often give me a starting point on an image. Then comes the applications of many layers of molten beeswax, resin and pigments; each layer is heat fused into the existing surface, AT time I draw or paint on the layers and then scrape and rebuild the facade. This action is much like analyzing a dream. Layer after layer is applied, scraped, incised, fused and marked to allow the truth of the piece to speak. The revealed under layers whisper their subtle messages. I never have total control of life or encasutic painting. Like jazz, there is improvisation that can take a work to a deeper, more subconscious state that can be meditative. I allow my subconscious to take over so that the work may transform beyond the mundane and predictable. I open my senses to the experience and emotionally consent to a poetic and thrilling adventure. The fluidity of the encaustic medium is challenging, exhilarating, inspiring and exciting, making a paintings that can be looked into as well as looked at. The layered luminosity is appealingly tactile, encouraging viewers to stroke and caress the surface, discovering the sensual experience of encasutic.

I have studied color and written a book on the power of color to heal, shift moods, uplift or relax us. Color and balance is paramount in my work.




SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS

Galeria Atelier, San Miguel de Allende, November 2009.
Galaria 6 Pozos, Mexico, November 2009
Mero Arte Contemporano , San Miguel de Allende, MX, January 2009
Sol y Luna Gallery, Puerto Vallarta, MX. January 2009
Mero Arte Contemporano, San Miguel de Allende, MX. June 2006, June 2007, March 2008,
Galeria LeNoir, November,San Miguel de Allende, 2005
Casa de las Artesanias de Michoacan, San Miguel de Allende,June, 2005
Carson Winding Gallery , Ashland OR. July 2004
Scarlet Palette Gallery, Jacksonville, OR. June, 2003
Artisimo Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. December 2001, 1998, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93,92, 91
Gallery Living Colors, Ashland, OR. March 2001, May 2002
Blue Sky Gallery, Bend, OR., April 2000
Rogue Gallery, Medford OR, Nov. 1999
Grants Pass Art Museum, Grants Pass, OR. March 1999
Gallery Electra, Talent, OR. 1997, 1998, 1999
Phoenix Theater, Phoenix, AZ., 1991
Meta Morphosis Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ - 1991
Sedona Art and Interiors, Sedona AZ., 1991
Kessel Long Gallery, Scottsdale AZ., 1990
Timothy's Jazz Club, Phoenix, AZ., 1990 -1991
Ratliff Williams Gallery , Sedona AZ., 1990 -1991
The Oak Creek Owl, Sedona AZ., 1986, 1989
Sweet Basil Jazz Club, New York, 1982
Jazz Festival, Nice France, 1982, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77

TWO PERSON SHOWS
Galeria 6, Pozos, MX. 2011
Galeria LeNoir, San Miguel de Allende, December, 2005

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ART EDUCATION
U.C.L.A. 1976 ---- Printmaking
Barett College, 1968 ----Painting, Art History
Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, 1968 -----Sculpture: Welded Steel
Art Institute of Chicago, 1966------Sculpture: Wood and Stone
American Academy of Art,Chicago, 1952---- Illustration
University of Illinois, 1952 -1955---- Painting and Advertising Design

ART EXHIBITIONS
Interseccion Gallery, SMA, August, 2019
Galeria Manuck, SMA, Aug., Sept., Oct. 2019, March. April 2021
Galeria Manuck , San Miguel de Allende September,2017
Small Works Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, April, 2013
Gallery Onem San Miguel de Allende, Jan, 2012
Galeria Atelier, San Miguel de Allende, November 2009.
Galaria 6 Pozos, Mexico, November 2009
Mero Arte Contemporano , San Miguel de Allende, MX, January 2009
Sol y Luna Gallery, Puerto Vallarta, MX. January 2009
Mero Arte Contemporano, San Miguel de Allende, MX. June 2006, June 2007, March 2008,
Galeria LeNoir, November,San Miguel de Allende, 2005
Casa de las Artesanias de Michoacan, San Miguel de Allende,June, 2005
Carson Winding Gallery , Ashland OR. July 2004
Scarlet Palette Gallery, Jacksonville, OR. June, 2003
Artisimo Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. December 2001, 1998, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93,92, 91
Gallery Living Colors, Ashland, OR. March 2001, May 2002
Blue Sky Gallery, Bend, OR., April 2000
Rogue Gallery, Medford OR, Nov. 1999
Grants Pass Art Museum, Grants Pass, OR. March 1999
Gallery Electra, Talent, OR. 1997, 1998, 1999
Phoenix Theater, Phoenix, AZ., 1991
Meta Morphosis Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ - 1991
Sedona Art and Interiors, Sedona AZ., 1991
Kessel Long Gallery, Scottsdale AZ., 1990
Timothy’s Jazz Club, Phoenix, AZ., 1990 -1991
Ratliff Williams Gallery , Sedona AZ., 1990 -1991
The Oak Creek Owl, Sedona AZ., 1986, 1989
Sweet Basil Jazz Club, New York, 1982
Jazz Festival, Nice France, 1982, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77

TWO PERSON SHOWS
Galeria Relox 26, 2015
Galeria 6, Pozos, Mexico Nov. 2011
Galeria LeNoir, San Miguel de Allende, December, 2005
Carson Winding Gallery, Ashland, OR. May 2002 - Oct. 2002
Gallery Living Colors, Ashland , OR., June 1999 and August 20Group Shows
Galeria Manuk, San Miguel de Allende, 2017
Galreia 6, Pozos, MX. Nov. 2010, May 2011
Galeria Pergola , San Miguel de Allende, 2010
Galaria Atelier, San Miguel de Allende, 2010
Galeria LeNoir, March, San Miguel de Allende,2006