In 2008 I moved from a life time of oil painting and clay to the allure of bees wax - a melted medium that when a tree resin is added to harden and pigments are stirred in for color the possibilities of encaustic are endless.  After exploring many processes I gravitated to the texture, carving and sculpting aspects.
Encaustic also appealed to the environmental focus of my work as it is purely from nature - BEES - the  flowering plants, the wax, the honey.
             Their mission - 'go forth and pollinate'.
         Our ecosystem will not survive without them.
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Night Bloom 13x13x4"
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Cycles 30x30x2"
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Primal Tree (sold) 10x8x2"
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Man's Delicate Balance - What Was The desert floor ---- natural debris, wax 36x10x3"
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Day Bloom (sold) 12x12x4"
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Harmony (sold) gold leaf, devils claw 30x30x6"
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Blue Moon Rising (sold) 12x12x2" each
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Man's Delicate Balance - What Is----- street gutter debris 36x10x3"
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Late Bloom 12x12x4" All flowers sculpted wax
 Blended Borders - sold
​    wax, fiber 30x30x2
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Limited Space Series 5x5x1.5" 36 over 3 years...17 sold
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Reinvented Pod ---hand made paper, wax 8x8x5"
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Meandering Melange I ----- 12x12x3"
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Mountain Breeze (sold) 8x8x2"
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Highway Beautification 1,500 cigarette butts dipped in wax 36x10x4"
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Highway Beautification (detail) cigarettes picked up in 2 blocks of a city highway
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Meandering Melange II 12x12x3" wax patchwork pieces
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Altered Worlds (4 sold) poured wax placed in wooden hoops 10", 12" 14" circles
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Altered World (10" sold)
PictureThis is My Space - The Fight for Survival - mixed media 26x24x2"
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