Encaustic Painting
What is Encaustic ?
Encaustic comes from the ancient Greek enkaustikos, “to heat” or “to burn” and dates back to the 1st century. This method of painting fuses oil paint, resin and melted beeswax.
So many things drew me to exploring this medium and after 30 years I still find encaustic exciting and challenging. I have always loved the smell of beeswax because its aroma is filled with nostalgia. Burning candles suggest a celebratory event such as meal, a birthday, a holiday or a memorial.
Wax has an adhesive quality so various collage materials can be fused into the surface. The melted beeswax and oil color is applied with a brush. Heating the wax and pigment with a torch or heat gun binds each layer to the one set down before it. I work on wood panels, slate or even metal. The wax surface can be incised, scraped and scratched revealing layers of color below. Some of my my paintings have 12 or more layers of wax and oil pigment creating a textural, luminous surface. It is a challenging medium to work with because it involves both control and an element of chance. Heating the wax too much can result in the image melting away or perhaps create a beautiful and unexpected flow of wax and color to work with.
Much of my work here has reference to the earth. The paintings express my response to both its beauty and the devastation brought on by climate change.

Encaustic on panel
24 x 36 x 2"

Once We Revered the Earth 1
Encaustic, collage, alcohol ink on panel
24 x 30 x 2"

The Scorched Earth
Encaustic, india ink on panel
12 x 12"

Burn Bright
Encaustic,ink on panel
12 x 12"

Once We Revered the Earth 2
Encaustic, collage, alcohol ink on panel
24 x 30 x 2"

Unforeseen Beauty (series)
Coldwax on paper on wood panel
11" x 14" x 1.5"

Beneath the Surface I
Encaustic, collage twig, on panel
16x15"

Coldwax on paper on wood panel
11" x 14" x1.5"

Unforeseen Beauty (series)
Encaustic on panel
12 x 12"


Entwined
Encaustic, alcohol ink on panel
12 x 12"
Fire and Ashes
Encaustic, ash, metallic powder, on panel
12 x 12"

Cosmic Dust
Encaustic, oxodized copper, metallic powder, on panel
20"x24"x2"

Breathe
Encaustic on panel
13" x 13" FRAMED
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Exhale
Encaustic ink on panel
13" x 13" FRAMED
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Grand Prismatic Spring 3
Encaustic on panel
21 x 21x 1"
Grand Prismatic Spring 4
Encaustic on panel
21 x21 x 1"

Encaustic on panel
24 x 30 x
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Rising Waters
Encaustic, metal on panel
12 x 13"x 1.5"
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Below the Surface
Encaustic on panel
24 x 24 x 2"
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Unbounded Energy
Encaustic on panel
12" x 12"

Centered Square
Encaustic on panel
7" x 7"
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Auroral Glimmer
Encaustic on panel
12" x 12"
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Canyonscape
Encaustic on panel
24" x 36" x 1.5"

Scratchings
Encaustic, ink on panel
12" x 12" x 1.5"

Untitled
Encaustic, ink on panel
12" x 12" x 2"

Cries of the Earth
Encaustic, ink on panel
12" x 12" x1.5"

A Change In Perspective
Encaustic, Photo on panel
16" x 16" x1.5"

Rising Waters
Encaustic, sand, maps, metal on panel
12" x 12" x1.5"

Transcript
Encaustic, ink on panel
12" x 12" x 1.5"

Windswept
Encaustic, ink, mixed media on panel
5' x 5"image 12+ x 12" framed

A good Place To Be
Encaustic, Pastel on panel
12" x 12" x1.5"

A Change In Perspective
Encaustic, Photo Collage on panel
16" x 16" x1.5"

A Sphere Beyond
Encaustic, sand, maps, metal on panel
12" x 12" x1.5"

First Light
Encaustic on panel
24" x 24" x1.5"
