Encaustic Paintings
I've not been working with encaustics very long, but love the visceral quality of working with them. There is much that working in encaustic can teach you about being in the moment and listening to the materials. One needs to work quickly with the colored hot wax and sometimes things happen that changes one's direction completely. But that's rather like life, isn't it?
Paintings
The art in this collection are mixed media (primarily) paintings done with either acrylic or cold wax and oil.
Photo Based Art
Sometimes taking a photograph is only the start of a process for me. Sometimes I like them as is, other times I am pulled into a creative re-imagining or will think to pair an image with something else, in what I call Digital Alchemy and come up with something more than the two (or more sometimes) images. The meaning can change with the addition of other imagery and how I present the art