“Two Young Women Walking” - oil & cold wax on canvas by Marilyn Wells

"Two young Women Walking” - oil & cold wax by Marilyn Wells in Blues and Golds. This painting was inspired by: "Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore  Unsuitable… If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much.”  ― Mary Oliver, “How I go to the Woods”,  22090C A Friendship Gathering and Art Salon I conjured after a long, arid summer of heat and little creative movement. It truly, to me, represents the qualities of Friendship we achieve when we stay close to the women in our lives who mean something rich and dear to us. We must never abandon these relationships; they are of the earth and of the heart.  I've been exploring a technique new to me but that's been around for hundreds of years - cold wax. I have always loved the icons of the Middle East and the Orthodox churches in particular, and wanted to introduce more of the rich and broken textures that appear in those icons after a few