Rinat Goren "Waiting" Encaustic on Wood, Figurative Abstract Painting of a Woman in Red, Bay Area California Art, Original 24 X 24 Inches, 2024

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A woman in a pale dress stands at the right edge of a red and orange grid, leaning slightly with … Read more A woman in a pale dress stands at the right edge of a red and orange grid, leaning slightly with her arms bent, drawn in loose dark line with a yellow bob. Squares of crimson, vermilion, tangerine and gold fill the grid behind her, with a few cream squares glowing at the border. Fine black lines divide the field like tiles or windows, and the colors are layered so darker reds show through brighter ones. Goren's titles hint at ordinary human moments, and the stance here is relaxed and watchful. The palette is hot and bold.

A high-color square that gives energy to a dining room, a living room, a hallway or a quiet tea corner. The reds and oranges look best against white or pale walls and pair with dark wood, black accents, ceramics and a single plant. At 24 inches square it works above a low table or a console, and it is a strong choice for a room that needs a lift.

Encaustic (beeswax and pigment) on wood board, 24 x 24 x 1.5 in (61 x 61 x 3.8 cm). Unframed.

Rinat Goren works in encaustic, an ancient technique in which beeswax is melted, mixed with pigment, applied in layers and fused with heat. She began as a collage artist and still builds her surfaces with paper and drawn marks between the layers, so the wax becomes translucent and textured, with depth that glows from within. The work is made on a wood board and left unframed.

Rinat Goren was born and raised in Israel and now lives and works in Woodside, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. She studied physical therapy and interior design, and she committed to art as her full-time work after moving to California and raising a family. She began in collage, then worked in acrylic and mixed media on canvas, and has painted full time in encaustic since 2008.

Her layered paintings of figures, circles, grids and lines are inspired by the human capacity to think, decide and act with intention. Her solo exhibition Under the Surface was presented at the Peninsula Museum of Art in San Bruno in 2017, and her work is held in private collections across the United States, particularly in California. See less