Carol Hoy The Bird Caller encaustic on wood panel 24” x 36”
I first saw this painting four years ago in a gallery in Santa Fe, where it was hanging outside on a wall. This was back when we were visiting from San Francisco. I’ve never been able to get the painting out of my mind (among others I saw that day by Carol Hoy). A few weeks ago I got a wild hair and emailed Carol. I asked her if any of her paintings were being shown in galleries around here so I could go see them. It turns out she lives in Coralles, about 25 minutes north of us! She invited us to her house/studio, and laid out some paintings she thought I would like on her porch. This one, titled The Bird Caller, was among those paintings, and when she wasn’t looking we loaded it into the car and zoomed away. NOT REALLY! We bought it for our birthdays. One thing I hadn’t realized before is that she works in encaustic––pigments mixed with hot wax.
