Small, original encaustic wax painting created from wax blocks that were taken to Culloden Moor/Battlefield and left out on the moor to absorb the energies from the ancient land. The wax was melted and painted onto encaustic card, transferring the energies into the artwork. This rainbow coloured painting is an uplifting visual representation of these energies.
“Early one summer morning I placed my waxes among the heather on Culloden battlefield. As the morning mist cleared, the moor felt hauntingly serene. Instead of the expected aura of melancholy or sadness, I felt surrounded by the unquenchable spirit of the Jacobite army.
Watching the wax colours blend on the card, I saw an emerging picture of strength, courage and determination combined with the calm and tranquillity of the moor and its memories”. Vivian Napier artist
(The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force under William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, on Drummossie Moor near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. It was the last pitched battle fought on British soil).
