The Art of Ezshwan
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Paintings of Women Who Changed the World

 I spent weeks researching the women I chose for this series. I learned a lot and realized how many more women I didn't include. Throughout history, many of their efforts and accomplishments were either over looked or diminished. I feel it is time to honor them and refresh our memories about what they all added to this world

I worked over abstract encaustic paintings that no longer pleased me. It was something different to work in oil over the encaustic base. I carefully fuse at least the first layer of paint into the wax base, in front of the fans and wearing a heavy duty mask. I am sure that process is quite toxic, but necessary to make a permanent bond. I then can continue working in oils, building textures and scraping back into the encaaustic.


Eleanor Roosevelt. 24" x 24" oil and encaustic on cradled board, $1,800
Jane Goodall, oil and encaustic on cradled board. 24" x 32" , $2,000
Hedy Lamarr, oil and encaustic on cradled board, $1,800
Marian Anderson, oil and encaustic on cradled board, $1,800, 24" x 24"
Georgia O'Keefe, oil and encaustic on cradled board. 24"x 24" $1,800
Amelia Earhart, Oil and encaustic on cradled board, 24" x 32", $3,000
Oprah Winfrey, 24" x 24" oil and encaustic on cradled board, $1,800
A Woman Who Changed the World, Benizar Bhutto, 24" x 24" oil and encaustic on cradled board. $1,800
Side of painting showing the cradled board
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, 24" x 24", oil on cradled board. $1,800
Mother Teresa, 24" x 24" oil on cradled board, $1800
Helen Keller, oil on cradled board, 24" x 24", $1800
Rachael Carson , 24" x 24" oil on cradled board, $1800
I destroyed this painting after what she did to her countrymen . She is no longer a hero
Rosa Parks, 24" x 24" oil on cradled board, $,1800
Hermila Galindo Acosta (also known as Hermila Galindo de Topete) (1886–1954) was a Mexican feminist and a writer. Oil over encasutic, 24" x 24", $1,800 She was an early supporter of many radical feminist issues, primarily sex education in schools, women's suffrage, and divorce. She was one of the first feminists to state the Catholicism in Mexico was thwarting feminist efforts and she was the first woman to run for elected office in Mexico. Ezshwan's paintings's photo.
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