Untamed Blooms

Untamed Blooms is an encaustic series by Louisiana artist Mary O’Neal. Each piece celebrates the untamed elegance of nature through luminous layers of beeswax, rich color, and expressive texture, inviting viewers to experience flowers as living, ever-changing forms.

Abstract botanical encaustic painting with vibrant pink flowers and layered organic textures

Girls Gone Wild | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 24″

Abstract botanical encaustic painting with a vibrant red and pink bloom and layered wax textures

Strawberry Fields | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 24″

Abstract pink floral encaustic painting with layered wax textures and expressive botanical forms

I Eat Dessert First | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 12″

Abstract botanical encaustic painting with flowing purple, lavender and green organic forms

When Broccoli Dreams | Mary O’Neal

8″ x 8″

Abstract encaustic painting with golden yellow, orange and brown organic forms and intricate wax textures

There’s Gold in Them Hills | Mary O’Neal

4″ x 4″

Abstract botanical encaustic painting with vivid red and pink blooms, green foliage and layered wax textures

Alien Flower from Planet Whoops | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 12″

Abstract encaustic flower painting with a bright yellow center and fiery red and orange petals

Flaming Hot Cheeto Bloom | Mary O’Neal

8″ x 8″

Abstract encaustic flower painting with vivid fuchsia, pink and purple petals and delicate wax textures

Fuchsia Fire | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 12″

Abstract encaustic painting with vivid purple, green and orange forms and intricate wax textures

Throw Me ‘Sumthin Mister | Mary O’Neal

8″ x 8″

Abstract encaustic painting with bold layers of crimson, fuchsia, coral and orange

Blossom Inferno | Mary O’Neal

24″ x 36″

Abstract encaustic flower painting with a vivid orange center, purple petals and delicate wax textures

Fancy’s ‘Goin ‘Dancin | Mary O’Neal

8″ x 8″

Abstract encaustic botanical painting with green, yellow and vivid pink organic forms and layered wax textures

Radioactive Venus Flytrap | Mary O’Neal

8″ x 8″

Colorful abstract encaustic floral painting with vibrant pink, red, turquoise and orange blooms

Fiesta in Bloom | Mary O’Neal

36″ x 36″

Abstract encaustic flower painting with fiery orange, red and coral petals and layered wax textures

Watered with Hot Sauce | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 24″

Abstract encaustic flower painting with flowing purple petals and vivid yellow, orange and red accents

Purple Haze | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 24″

Abstract encaustic painting with flowing coral, turquoise and green feather-like forms

Shake ‘ya Tailfeathers | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 36″

Abstract encaustic botanical painting with cascading red, coral and blue organic forms

Rapunzel Let Your Hair Down | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 36″ | Featured in the 2025 BLOOM! Juried Exhibition

Abstract encaustic painting with glowing orange, yellow and red forms surrounded by soft lavender and violet

Let’s Make S’mores | Mary O’Neal

8″ x 8″

Red and pink abstract encaustic flower painting with a glowing yellow center by Louisiana artist Mary O’Neal

Blooming Thing | Mary O’Neal

8″ x 8″

Abstract encaustic floral painting in soft pink, coral and green by Louisiana artist Mary O’Neal

Explosion of Fairy Dust | Mary O’Neal

24″ x 24″

Weird Cousin abstract encaustic botanical painting by Louisiana artist Mary O’Neal

Weird Cousin | Mary O’Neal

12″ x 36″

Gold Miner’s Daughter abstract encaustic painting by Mary O’Neal with gold, turquoise, and green organic forms

Gold Miner’s Daughter | Mary O’Neal