Coastal Reef

‘encaustic’ which is an ancient technique using melted wax medium and pigments ‘fused’ to a ridged surface. The surface has a beautiful translucent quality as it is built up of many thin layers of encaustic. Surfaces are a spectrum of texture, slathered with brushstrokes and oozing with drips. The medium is perfectly suited to my latest theme about the sea.
Most of these works are poised between representation and abstraction. Some are an aerial view, looking down at the sea, the luminously transparent layers of turquoise, indigo, viridian, and emerald greens, the white surge of the wave, swirls over the lush colour. Others are seascapes where land meets the sea either from a distance or a close-up snapshot of waves crashing on the shoreline.

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Cherie Lidbury is a Newcastle‑based artist known for her expressive figurative works and atmospheric encaustic paintings. Trained in classical drawing and influenced by Renaissance masters, she blends traditional technique with contemporary intuition. Her poured grounds, layered mark‑making, and luminous palettes explore the quiet emotional spaces within the human form and the shifting moods of the sea.
Her work is collected for its depth, softness, and sense of intimate presence.