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I ran my Top Nine for 2020 and holy cannoli!!! 😱 . You guys, my sincerest thanks for your incredible support during the crappiest year of them all. I have had the very worst creative block at times this year, and I cannot convey how humbled and grateful I am for each and every silly little heart you guys poked my way. I’m astounded. . Happy Happy Holidays, friends! May you and your loved ones be safe and healthy this year and for many yet to come. . 🙏❤️✨🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥✨❤️🙏 . . . #topnine #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #stlartist #stlart #stlouisartist #stlouisart #greendoorartgallery #greendoorartists #encausticpainting #encausticart #topnine2020 #sayyestoartstl #mixedmediaart #mixedmedia #mixedmediaartist #stllove #placesilove #thankful #thankyou #keepcreating #pressingon #keepmovingforward #supportlocalartists #supportlivingartists #howihue #waxart #dowhatyoulove #lovewhatyoudo #momartist (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJMKO5rn7sl/?igshid=1v5h3yz6eno57

Here’s a corner of the place that has become the only quiet place in my world, and therefore my favorite place to have coffee. Also the company cannot be beat. . . . 🌱☀️⚜️☀️🌱 . . . #momartist #inmygreenhouse #seekingsolitude #littlejungle #tikihut #whatinspiresme #whatinspiresyou #plantsplantsplants #plantsaremagic #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantsarefriends #plantsofinstagram #plantshelfie #textureobsession #plantsaremytherapy #winterdays #65degrees #sunsunsun #vitamind #silenceisgolden #selfcare #overwhelmedintrovert #sunshinestateofmind #sunshinetherapy #soidontmurderpeople #quietmoments #calmingvibes #placesilove #quarantinelife #greenhouseinteriors (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI_I_l7nw4n/?igshid=1b6rzbsjp8el1

Golden shellac burns and surprise pops of rainbows, that’s what today’s waxy Wednesday is made of! . . . ✨🔥🎨 🌈⚜️🌈🎨🔥✨ . . . #waxywednesday #inthedetails #itsthelittlethings #itsinthedetails #inmystudio #onmyeasel #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #encausticart #waxart #encausticartist #paintwithfire #textureobsession #ihavethisthingwithcolor #blueandorange #encausticpainting #stlartist #stlart #stlouisartist #stlouisart #stlcreatives #iea_encaustic #internationalencausticartists #sayyestoartstl #howihue #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #artforbreakfast #texturedpainting #keepcreating (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIltBhhnK7Y/?igshid=h5ebw7bykjuq

This is another guy who’s getting a new home! (I did almost cry when it sold last week; this one has always felt particularly dear to me, 😅.) . “On the Way Home (The Old Amoco Sign)”, 24in x 24in, encaustic wax and mixed media on cradled wood. . (Thank you @artloupe & @art_st_louis for all of your help, you guys are the best!) . . . 🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥 . . . #stlartist #stlart #stlouisart #stlouisartist #artstl #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #stlcreatives #encausticart #encausticpainting #waxart #mixedmediaart #mixedmediaartwork #sayyestoartstl #stllove #stlouismo #sunsetart #skyart #urbanlandscape #urbanlandscapes #supportlivingartists #buyrealart #collectart #texturelicious #texturedpainting #cylcollective #colorpop #ihavethisthingwithcolor #colorlove #stlmade (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgdAmqHsVk/?igshid=1426cr9buqe4t

Sometimes half way through a piece I’m tempted to just stop and leave it completely abstract. Wouldn’t people be surprised? How would I even explain myself? 😆 . . . ❄️🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥❄️ . . . #stlartist #stlart #stlouisartist #stlouisart #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #doitfortheprocess #postitfortheaesthetic #winterwhites #textureobsession #howihue #inmystudio #onmyeasel #encausticpainting #encausticart #encausticartist #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #mixedmediaartist #waxart #midprocess #workworkwork #savethebees #emergingartists #emergingartist #keepcreating #textureporn #paintinginprogress #paintwithfire #artforbreakfast (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIYPuw5HXYg/?igshid=19pf8qywsde2g

These two have been scraped, filled and re-inked too many times over the weekend. I keep wanting to call them finished “except just for that bit...” 🤪 . They’re not perfect, but that’s never really the point. . "And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." - John Steinbeck . . . 🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥 . . . #stlartists #stlart #stlartist #stlouisart #stlouisartist #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #encausticpainting #encausticartwork #encaustic #encausticart #waxart #waxartist #howihue #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #mixedmediaartist #artforbreakfast #artforthehome #artforwalls #giveart #collectart #supportlivingartists #cylcollective #stlcreatives #sayyestoartstl #stllove #internationalencausticartists #iea_encaustic #inthedetails (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIPPZPRn7rA/?igshid=z0dhyit1uj9v

“The View From Here”, 5.5in x 11in, encaustic wax and mixed media on wood mounted in a black floating frame. . Hanging and available at Green Door Art Gallery in Webster Groves, MO. @greendoorartgallery . . . 🎈🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥🎈 . . . #stlartist #stlart #stlouisart #stlouisartist #stlcreatives #sayyestoartstl #greendoorartgallery #webstergroves #holidayshopping #giftideas #giveart #hotairballoons #stlarch #encausticpainting #encaustic #encausticart #encausticartist #internationalencausticartists #iea_encaustic #waxart #hotwaxpainting #verticalart #stllove #availablenow #buyrealart #supportlivingartists #giftart #hotart #collectart #madeinstl (at Green Door Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHn-yJcHNqP/?igshid=1uym97vfzk0lq

The Winter Market in Old Webster is happening right now (and tomorrow)! Come on by Green Door Art Gallery for amazing local art and gift ideas! . I was in the process of making this post when the gallery texted me to let me know it just sold, 😂. So I’m currently and busily creating more snowy St. Louis scenes in my studio - available soon! . -SOLD- “Snow Day Memories”, 5.5in x 11in, encaustic mixed media on wood in a black matte floating frame. . . . 🛷❄️🎨🔥⚜️🔥🎨❄️🛷 . . . #stlartist #stlart #stlouisart #stlouisartist #stlcreatives #greendoorartgallery #webstergroves #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #encausticpainting #encausticart #encausticartist #waxart #encaustic #internationalencausticartists #iea_encaustic #giftideas #holidayshopping #artforbreakfast #artforhome #texturedpainting #artwithheart #giveart #supportlocalartists #supportsmallbusiness #supportlocalbusiness #supportlivingartists #collectart #sayyestoartstl #hotart (at Green Door Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlFM_InLSI/?igshid=599ctu3tx94a

I’m a solid panorama fan. . “Smoke and Snow”, 5.5in x 21in, encaustic mixed media on wood mounted in a black matte floating frame. . Now available at @greendoorartgallery in Webster Groves, MO. . . . ❄️🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥❄️ . . . #stlartist #stlart #stlouisart #stlouisartist #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #encausticpainting #arttobuy #artforbreakfast #riverart #riverboat #snowyscene #winterart #greendoorartgallery #holidayshopping #giftideas #supportlivingartists #texturedpainting #waxart #stlcreatives #internationalencausticartists #iea_encaustic #cylcollective #sayyestoartstl #giveart #giftideas #oneofakindart #encausticart #encaustic #artforhome #interiorart (at Green Door Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHiQqOhnkn5/?igshid=1jsk54s4vb017

New work going up this afternoon! Available now at @greendoorartgallery in Webster Groves. . You know you all have been sitting at home staring at the same mass-produced IKEA wall hanging for the last 8 months. . So have your friends and family. . What you all need is to give each other real art. Real art by an actual living person who has put not only hours of their own ticking time, mind, heart and energy into just this one piece — but they’ve worked and practiced their craft all their lives leading up the the creation of just this one piece. . That’s how art works, that’s how artists develop. . And that’s just one of the many amazing ideas to ponder as you gaze at your new piece of artwork while you’re quarantined this winter! . Give real feels, give real art! It’s like a long-distance hug every time your eyeballs zone off during those Zoom meetings. . . . 🎁🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥🎁 . . . #stlartist #stlart #stlouisartist #stlouisart #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #encausticpainting #encausticart #giveart #buyrealart #supportlivingartists #collectart #giftart #giftideas #quarantinegifts #newartwork #newart #nowavailable #artforthehome #artforwalls #interiorart #stlmade #stlcreatives #artforbreakfast #arteveryday #waxart #sayyestoartstl #supportlivingartists #supportthearts #uniquegifts #greendoorartgallery (at Green Door Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHgYBvBH21O/?igshid=1k4rv5eyh5wwb

A closeup on a recent commission: . I had the complete pleasure of creating this surprise piece for one of my favorite people, from another of my favorite people! . There is just no better feeling than doing what you love for people you love. . . . 💞🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥💞 . . . #stlartist #stlart #stlouisartist #stlouisart #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #stlcreatives #sayyestoartstl #encausticpainting #encausticart #waxart #inthedetails #smoothsailing #artwithheart #doingwhatilove #textureobsession #paintwithfire #commission #commissionedart #artforhome #artforbreakfast #encausticartwork #iea_encaustic #internationalencausticartists #hotart #interiorart #artforwalls #youneedart #giftideas #supportlivingartists (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHQ44CenAm8/?igshid=1omwmiaem3vjg

At least I’m a colorful mess 😅. . But for real, will a roomba even work in my house? Because I don’t even want to work at it anymore. No one who isn’t directly contributing to the dirt sees my floors, ever. It’s been futile, time-consuming madness for the last 8 months. Truly, why bother anymore until there’s a vaccine? It’s ludicrous to fight it anymore. Defeated by dust bunnies and I can’t even care; we’ll cohabitate, it’s fine. . I mean, I don’t wear real clothes anymore, I don’t even think I own a hairbrush at this point, so if some robot wants to clean my house, fine. Otherwise, just forget it. . But this is a real question: Would it help or would it maybe explode? 🤔 . . . 🧹🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥🧹 . . . #studiothoughts #momartist #quarantinelife #quarantinethoughts #thursdaythoughts #colorfulart #coloryourworld #waxart #textureobsession #ihavethisthingwithcolor #inmystudio #paintpalette #encausticart #encausticartist #artmomlife #homestudiolife #needavacation #untamedthings #leahmerriman #stlwaxworks #colorcrushcreative #cylcollective #supportlocalart #howihue #itsfine #stlartists #stlartist #stlart #stlouisart #stlouisartist (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHOlUZ-nDG_/?igshid=18z7h7nqy9ze6

“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” — Kandinsky . . . 🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥 . . . #firedupfriday #coloryourworld #coloryourlife #livelifeincolor #livelifeincolour #colorandtexture #encausticart #encausticartist #leahmerriman #stlwaxworks #waxart #waxartist #cylcollective #wipart #newart #newartwork #savethebees #colorislife #howihue #hopeforthefuture #coloryourworld #inmystudio #onmyeasel #colorpalette #colourpalette #creativestlouis #sayyestoartstl #hotart #artforthesoul #fridayfun #colormelt (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_AS5lnyqs/?igshid=z1yveu4gyc7z

Please, Keep to your own balloon, Wear a mask, & Vote. . #newart . 🔥🎨⚜️🎨🔥 . . . #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #encausticart #encaustic #urbanlandscape #urbanlandscapes #stlartist #stlart #stlouisart #stlouisartist #stlarch #stlouisarch #riverfront #hotart #waxart #waxywednesday #newartwork #inmystudio #onmyeasel #doitfortheprocess #postitfortheaesthetic #stlcreatives #hotairballoons #greatforestparkballoonrace #placesilove #whatinspiresme #whatinspiresyou #stllove #sayyestoartstl (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGobo5Un67K/?igshid=2gqnyjph07rf

Bye, bye, Big Bevo! . -sold- “We are all Immigrants”, 24in x 24in, Encaustic mixed media on cradled wood. . She is one of my very favorites, and I’m so excited she’s found her new home! . **Trying desperately not to panic as I’m madly producing more work for my gallery wall, finishing up my final commissions for the year (until after I’ve got the holidays under control), while virtual second grade is taking up half of my studio and a three year old is wrapped around my ankle; which would be difficult enough working in any medium, but I literally paint with hot wax and fire. And no one ever leaves me alone. Ever. It’s fine, we’re all fine. 😅** #momartist #pandemiclife . . . 🔥🎨😱⚜️😱🎨🔥 . . . #stlartist #stlart #stlouisartist #stlouisart #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #greendoorartgallery #greendoorartists #webstergroves #soldart #galleryart #stllove #bevomill #dutchtown #southcitystl #sayyestoartstl #stlcreatives #cylcollective #blueskies #placesilove #gratitude #supportlivingartists #collectart #artfromtheheart #encausticpainting #encausticart #waxart #encaustic (at Green Door Art Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiADj9HYPS/?igshid=eb46z678u0n0

Why good morning, tiny helper. ‘Tis the season! . Spiders are fine, it’s snakes I can’t deal with. They’re just not right. . . . 🕷🎨🔥⚜️🔥🎨🕷 . . . #goodbugs #spidersofinstagram #inmystudio #onmyeasel #spideysenses #studioassistant #watchyourstep #encausticartist #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #allthingsbrightandbeautiful #allcreaturesgreatandsmall #allthingswiseandwonderful #thelordgodmadethemall #nokillshelter #housespider #waxart #encausticart #encausticartist #artworking #arthelper #whatinspiresme #whatinspiresyou #tinybutmighty #tinycreatures #goodmorningart #itsajungleinhere #witchery #littlefriends #arachnidsofinstagram #littlespider (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGU7uwjntcs/?igshid=1m949rwd9g4kz

Details, details... I’ve been quiet lately because I’ve been super busy! . Watch for new guys becoming available at Green Door Art Gallery this week — just in time to go see them at Webster’s “Walktober Fest” this weekend! . . . 🎨🔥⚜️🔥🎨 . . . #stlwaxworks #leahmerriman #greendoorartgallery #walktober #webstergroves #walktoberfest #encausticpainting #encausticart #encausticartist #waxart #waxpainting #inthedetails #doitfortheprocess #postitfortheaesthetic #skyart #cloudcolors #inmystudio #onmyeasel #busybusybusy #justkeeppainting #artprocess #howihue #stlcreatives #stlart #stlartscene #stlartists #stlouisart #stlouisartist #texturetuesday #supportlivingartists (at St. Louis Wax Works) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGSexYrHcW5/?igshid=174u0r77in8dn

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