About the Author

Shima Shanti is an Encaustic fine artist and inspired writer. She works in the ancient medium of encaustic, painting with beeswax and fusingwith fire. Shima has authored and published six books. Her artworks are visions of Peace allowing the energy in each artwork touch the heart of the beholder. Her aesthetic is minimal and simple in composition. It is in this simplicity that unexpected levels of complexity surface. Every brushstroke and pass of the torch ask for a choice that affects the whole; creating patina and texture that is storied, translucent, and luminous. Her choice of all-natural earth elements-organic beeswax, earth pigments, fir-tree sap called Damar, and Baltic birch panels-is a quiet whisper to the authenticity and integrity of her work. She holds a special reverence for the unseen details in the complex and labor-intensive encaustic process. Shima believes the energy she infuse into each painting stirs something within us, awakens us, and beckons us to linger a moment longer in our shared appreciation of art. Shima's inspiration is borne from growing up in the abundance of water and the endless big sky of Montana that has forever connected her to nature and gifted her with an innate sense of color and composition. Today, in the lakeside hamlet of Del Dios near San Diego, the timeless joy of lost hours in her art studio and the simple pleasures of outdoors, balance the business demands and travel of my artist career.