Summer is the second painting in my Four Seasons series, celebrating the fiery energy and rhythm of the season. A saxophone, symbolizing passion and vitality, emerges from a swirling background of bold reds, oranges, and greens, evoking the heat and vibrancy of summer days.
The intricate brass structure of the saxophone mirrors the boldness of the season, while the dynamic brushstrokes and rich colors suggest the powerful rhythm of nature and the lively harmonies of warm summer nights. This encaustic painting captures the essence of summer as a visual symphony of heat, passion, and vitality.
Four Seasons – Summer
Dora Stork.
Dóra Stork is a Hungarian artist whose work explores the dynamic interplay between structure and spontaneity, permanence and fluidity. Working primarily in encaustic and acrylic, her art celebrates beauty, balance, and harmony, blending abstraction with realism to evoke emotional warmth and timeless elegance.
In her encaustic works, Dóra harnesses the ancient technique of molten wax painting, a process demanding precision and focus. Through layered textures and deliberate guidance of the medium, she creates compositions rich in depth and tactile detail. These pieces often feature subjects reflecting a decorative rhythm and a meditative stillness.
In contrast, her acrylic works emerge from a place of intuition and organic flow. Using glazing techniques to build up translucent layers, Dóra captures nature’s patterns, interconnectedness, and mystery. The resulting compositions are fluid, vibrant, and celebratory, inviting viewers to engage with the subtle beauty of the natural world.
Dóra Stork’s artistic achievements have been recognized internationally. Her works have been exhibited in the United Kingdom, France, Austria, Romania, and Hungary, among others, and are held in private collections across the United States, Europe, and Japan. In 2023, she received significant international attention as a selected artist for the London Art Biennale, and also she won several prestigious awards.
Whether working with encaustic’s layered solidity or acrylic’s fluid translucence, Dóra Stork’s art invites viewers to pause, reflect, and reconnect—celebrating the harmony between the seen and unseen, structure and spontaneity.
