Encaustic Portfolio

These paintings are done with hot wax, layered and fused on a rigid support.  (See more on the encaustic technique) I enjoy exploring all of the creative possibilities of this technique.  As with mixed media work, this medium is very receptive to layering. I enjoy embedding photos on thin papers and other ephemera, and layer with both opaque and translucent hot wax.
Scroll and click through for a sampling of work done in the encaustic medium, some including collage elements.

Layers of this Floating World

These paintings interpret the world around with bits of handmade papers, music scores, newspaper, photos, stone rubbings, leaves, shells and more.

Encaustic Landscapes

Most of these landscapes are from the Allegheny Mountains, especially the Allegheny National Forest area.  
​I've also done many interpretations of the National Parks I've visited.
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Rocky Ridge Sunset 18x36
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Late Afternoon at the Lake 10x10
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View From Clingman's Dome 18x48

All Nature Sings

A friend dropped by with a stack of old sheet music.  What a treasure trove of inspiration!  
Bits of musical scores and lyrics inspired and enliven these (mostly small) paintings along with other bits and scraps.
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Snow Crested Brown 4x12
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Moon River 9x12
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Purple Dusk of Twilight 6x6

Abstract/Mixed Media

These are inspired by anything from natural landscapes to color to simply abstract ideas.
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Fractured Earth I 20x24
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Breathing Fire 6x6 (sold)
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That Glow of Your Being 6x6

Small & Square

These tiny treasures are all either 6"x6" or 8"x8" and most feature my favorite trees.

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​"Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is."  Mason Cooley

When we look at a particular work of northwest coast art and see the shape of it, we are only looking at its after-ife.  Its real life is the movement by which it got to be that shape.  Bill Reid, Haida carver

"It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted. This is the essence of academicism. There is no such thing as good painting about nothing."
Mark Rothko, artist