Anastessia Bettas is a Canadian encaustic painter. Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, is a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium to which colored pigments have been added. She uses multiple layers of paint and glazes, adding and subtracting paint with intuitive mark making to create surfaces rich in depth. The brush marks and scrapes are visible; enhancing the emotion and energy behind each stroke.
Anastessia's work is a reflection of her fascination with the fragmented, grid-like patterns found in nature which she uses to abstractly capture the essence of landscapes and journeys. Her newest series of paintings evoke topographical elements of forested valleys, rolling plains and lakes and are part of her Rewilding series, which is inspired by the global initiative to restore, heal and conserve the environment. She draws inspiration from the colours, forms, and the rich textures found in “rewilded” landscapes then translate these elements into abstract compositions that evoke feelings of hope and interconnectedness with nature.
