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Beth Sievers
Biography
Beth was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1978 and moved to Rochester, Minnesota in 2000 to pursue a career in nursing. She is a self-guided artist who began working with stained glass but transitioned to encaustics after having her first child in 2009. She is a member of the Gallery 24 artist collaborative and the Southeast Minnesota Visual Artists (SEMVA) and shows her work locally.
Artist Statement
I enjoy creating encaustic art because of its many applications. With encaustic medium, which I make by mixing beeswax, pigment, and damar tree resin, I create three-dimensional works, finely-detailed pictures, and collages. My work is frequently composed on reclaimed wood, and my encaustic collages often include natural elements like polished stones and crystals. I also use alcohol inks, powdered pigments, and ink transfers. Firing shellac with a torch is a technique I use to add abstract motion to my two-dimensional works.
Encaustic art allows me to express my creativity and to encourage flexibility in my imagination. It provides me the opportunity to meet interesting people at a variety of venues and helps me integrate within my community. In addition to being an artist, I also work in healthcare where I am concerned about others' welfare, but creating art is a way to rejuvenate my own spirit while hopefully touching others’ as well. I find art to be a soothing and healing experience that helps me solidify my identity. My art is an intensely personal, yet public, form of expression.
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United States
Rochester, Minnesota
Davenport, IA
Olmsted
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- Beth Sievers posted a new Artwork Constellation
- Beth Sievers updated the Artwork Octopus
Made with beeswax, damar tree resin, pigment, and shellac on wood. - Beth Sievers updated the Event Discarded Expanded
Help Beth Sievers celebrate her latest encaustic works on display at the Civic Theatre lobby area on Wednesday, June 21 from 6-7:30pm. This will be an expansion of Beth's DISCARDED show that will showcase several new pieces. Join Beth in the lobby for conversation and then check out the live music on the patio by LP and the 45's. - Beth Sievers updated the Artwork OctpusMade with beeswax, damar tree resin, pigment, and shellac on wood.
- Beth Sievers updated the Artwork Eternity
Made with beeswax, damar tree resin, and pigment on reclaimed wood. - Beth Sievers updated the Artwork Electricity
Made with beeswax, damar tree resin, pigment, and shellac on reclaimed wood.