Chinatown, paper, newsprint, acrylic, ink, 11" x 15"
Blowing Bubbles in the Park, acrylic, handmade paper on canvas, 24" x 36"
I discovered encaustic wax at a workshop in Tennessee and fell in love with the textural and visceral aspects of making these pieces. The smell of honey as the wax melted, the textures created by the wax and images floating between the layers are all part of this ancient practice of art making.
Strike a Pose, encaustic wax on wood panel, 8" x 10"
Homage Mom, encaustic wax, paper, gold foil, embellishment, McCall's pattern, music, on wood panel, 8" x 10"
Family Trees, encaustic wax, gold foil, paper, on wood panel, 8" x 10"
Culdesac of Dreams, laser cut wood panel, paper on art board, 12" x 12"
This multimedia piece is a wooden laser cut panel taken from a street map of where I lived in a previous life. This was a new urbanist planned community advertised as the "epitome of southern grace and charm." It was a beautiful community, but like so many things that you seek in life to make you happy, it turned out to be very isolating and insular.
