10/08/2026
Meet the women shaping contemporary art at the 6th Annual Women’s Artist Exhibition at The Marshall Gallery. Discover their stories, experience their work, and join us in celebrating the artists who continue to expand the conversation.
Yes, Shari Lyon paints with beeswax.
Shari works in encaustic, one of the oldest forms of painting, using a mixture of beeswax and damar resin to create dreamy, ethereal works layered with photography, oil paint, pan-pastels, and ink. The process is part patience, part spontaneity and, as Shari describes it, a rare marriage of being in control and completely losing control.
Trees, abstracted landscapes and imagery of the divine feminine frequently find their way into her work, emerging through layers of wax and texture that simply cannot be fully captured in a photograph. These are works you really have to experience in person.
Shari’s work is held in private collections throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe and has been exhibited and published widely.
Join us for AWAE, Thursday, Oct. 15th from 5 - 9 pm and Friday, Oct. 16th from 10 am - 3 pm.
