Ember

An abstract painting of deep reds and burnt orange glowing through layers of translucent encaustic wax, darker edges and a luminous center, textured waxy surface. — Ember

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Title: Ember
Subject: Monochrome painting; Fire
Description: Layers of red and orange worked into hot wax until the surface glows from inside, like coals the morning after.
Creator: Rafael Ortiz-Bell
Date: 1995
Rights: Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka demo sites. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).
Type: Painting
Identifier: 2016.2
Extent: 152.4 × 152.4 cm (60 × 60 in.)
Provenance: Gift of Lucia and Mark Bell, 2016
Medium: Oil and wax on canvas

Rafael Ortiz-Bell born 1961

Ember, 1995

Medium: Oil and wax on canvas

Extent: 152.4 × 152.4 cm (60 × 60 in.)

Provenance: Gift of Lucia and Mark Bell, 2016

Identifier: 2016.2

Layers of red and orange worked into hot wax until the surface glows from inside, like coals the morning after.

Rights & reuse

Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka demo sites. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).

Cite this

Rafael Ortiz-Bell. “Ember.” 1995. Wrenfield Museum of Art. https://01hy7jb6pdd1k4jjjn56z4587d.app-platform-1.refbytes.com/items/show/217 (accessed October 27, 2026).

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