Small paintings in oil and encaustic.
Felicia Forte at the Library May 7th - June 13, 2026
This show was created to accompany a free Creative Coaching workshop for the community of San Francisco. Sponsored by The San Francisco Public Library.
Hers, oil and encaustic on wood - A scene that reminds you of crispy magazine pages in the cluttered back room of your childhood home. Hours pouring over ads illustrating good homes and good lives. Is that what I should try to find?
Two of Everything, oil on wood - A refugee of love lost comes to stay with a friend. A choice to reclaim her vulnerability in posing for this painting. A raw moment before a new era.
Diving Belle, oil on wood - Dating in your forties. Hair in rollers reminding you of your grandmother. Contemplation on what beauty and femininity is, and what it's worth.. to you and to them.
Black Dress, oil and encaustic on wood - In a spontaneous past life regression you see yourself in a high necked, black dress, mourning your child. You are so isolated in your grief. You jump. Years later you have a vision of that child right before they come back in new form. You learn so much.
Bathroom Floor, oil and encaustic on wood - a confluence of delightful pattern and variety found in an unassuming moment. A joy to paint.
Big Blonde, oil and encaustic on wood - Inspired by reading "Big Blonde" (1929) by Dorothy Parker. A bitter bit of writing.
Eastpointe, oil on wood - Like the painting 'Bathroom Floor' this was created with joy and ease. There is something about these two paintings that is yet to be fully integrated, but surely essential to your voice.
A Nine Place 2, oil on wood - In Pisces season every year, I find myself painting these images of therapeutic beauty. Often fish under water or roses. This piece desired more perfect description to convey the beauty of a rose.
A Nine Place 2, oil on wood - In Pisces season every year, I find myself painting these images of therapeutic beauty. Often fish under water or roses. How can a rose be painted if not literally?
False Moon, oil on wood - Romanticizing a glaring street lamp in the alley outside your kitchen window. It's a full moon every evening casting a yellow glow over the remnants of your day. How lovely.
Girl Grandpa 1, oil and encaustic on wood - Amused observations of style, memory and perception of age.
Grounded, oil and wax on wood - As you paint your bedroom the white door transports you back to dark childhood experiences of punishment, spectacle and shame. You give the memory shape and color in the room. Humor and darkness.
Lava, oil and encaustic on wood - A desperate attempt to outrun a creative block seems fruitful with this painting. It was fun for a moment, but that wasn't the answer. You need rest.
Pirate Time, oil and encaustic on wood - The view as you turn your head away from the place you met your lover, the movie has stopped.
Last Home Left, oil and encaustic on wood - The last home from your childhood that you can go to as an adult. The rest are gone to other families and other stories are being made there now.
West Village, oil and encaustic on wood - You spend a year alone, learning to appreciate the present moment.
Last Christmas, oil and encaustic on wood - He's dying. She gathers her mothering strength and creates a Christmas spectacle not seen since we were small. We add our strength to the day and then its gone, he's gone.
Pendulum, oil and encaustic on wood - Looking back on the last time you were loosed, out on your own, unencumbered. Back then, the pendulum swung hard. You are now free from the choice of that swing. What now?
Eve, oil and encaustic on wood - Christmas time on your own. It's not bad, you like being alone. Perhaps you stop trying to create the idea you had while escaping and simply live.
Favorite House with Black Cat, oil and encaustic on wood - You walk everyday for two miles in this strange neighborhood of mansions and castles in the middle of a destroyed city. It's magical.
