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Raphaëlle Goethals' masterful encaustics are deeply influenced by natural elements—water, air, earth, wind, tectonic and climate shifts, marine currents and population movements. They translate experiences of specific light (like that of the southwest, Morocco, Corsica, et al.) through a complex layering of surface that develops organically.

Of the work, the artist says: By slowly applying and reworking multiple layers, I make paintings that contain evidence of their long evolution, like the earth's surface. However, all is filtered through a lens of art history, personal and …