Courtney Muller

Towson, MD, United States

I am a stalker, a shadow stalker. I am obsessed with shadows and their enduring duality. I look for them everywhere whether it is in a cumulus cloud, next to a roadside post, or in the craggy corner of a marsh. I study their duality: how the brightest light is always next to the darkest dark. I watch shadows move and morph into new shapes, notice their new gradations, and eventually say good-bye to them as they disappear. It is the shadow that keeps me experimenting with new mediums, especially with encaustics and oils. My work is an interpretation of the life of a shadow. I hope to capture and share with the viewer that split second moment, where the shadow offers us all of the light and all of the dark. Most importantly, my work aims to show that within the life of a shadow, light always finds the cracks and seeps into the deepest, darkest places. Always.

Showing 1–6 of 30 results

Sea Spraying, diptych, 2023

Encaustic on wood panel

10" x 20"

$1200

Moving Forward, 2023

Oil with cold wax on canvas

14" x 11"

$750

Clearing, 2023

Oil with cold wax on canvas

30" x 30"

$2200

Ebb and Flow, triptych, 2023

Encaustic & mixed media on canvas

36" x 12"

$1200

Lifting, 2022

Oil with cold wax on canvas

30" x 30"

$2000

Self-Portrait, 2022

Encaustic on wood

36" x 36"

$4200

8pcs 12” x 12” wood panels on metal sheet; attached with magnets

Heart Breaker, 2022

Encaustic on wood

16" x 8"

$850

diptych

Pieces Of My Heart, 2022

Encaustic on wood

8" x 8"

$450

If you look closely, vertically, the encaustic base layer has an etching of one of my favorite phrases, “We Hold These Truths”. It seemed like a perfect foundation for holding the excess wax shards and shavings of other works.

Heart Song, 2021

Oil with cold wax on canvas

30" x 10"

$750

triptych

It’s Messy, 2021

Photograph on aluminum

24" x 30"

$850

Runneth Over, 2021

Photograph on aluminum

24" x 30"

$850

Rising, 2022

Oil with cold wax on canvas

30" x 30"

$2000

Revealing, 2021

Encaustic on wood

18" x 24"

$950

Melting, 2021

Photograph on aluminum

24" x 30"

$850

Setting, 2021

Oil with cold wax on wood panel

12" x 6.5"

$350

Old North Wharf, 2021

Mixed media on canvas

24" x 36"

$2200

Folger’s Marsh: Fall, 2018

Oil with cold wax on wood panel

11" x 14"

$750

Polpis Mist I,II,III, 2020

Encaustic on wood

12" x 36"

$2500

triptych

Constant, 2020

Oil on canvas

12" x 16"

$850

Scallop Shanty, 2019

Oil on canvas

20" x 20"

$1000

Staying Afloat II, 2020

Oil with cold wax on canvas

16" x 20"

$1100

Folger’s Marsh: Spring, 2020

Mixed media on wood

11" x 14"

$1350

Folger’s Marsh: Just Before the Dawn, 2020

Mixed media on wood

10" x 16"

$1450

diptych, 10" x 8" each

Ripples, 2017

Oil on canvas

10" x 10"

$1100

Sanford Farm: The Barn, 2020

Mixed media on canvas

20" x 24"

$2400

Clearing, 2020

Encaustic on wood

13" x 16"

$1800

Lights on the Horizon, 2013

Mixed media on canvas

34" x 30"

$3500