Meet Frank. My brother owns this photograph and keeps it at his cabin in Northern Wisconsin. During a visit this past summer, I turned a corner and saw it hanging in a new spot—and instantly, I was transported back to Ireland and the days when I first fell in love with photography. I spent years… Read More »Meet Frank: An Irish Story Through My Lens
It’s Done! Now How Do I Photograph It? If you’ve ever tried to photograph your finished encaustic artwork, you know how tricky it can be. The surface, the shine, the texture—getting it all right in a photo feels like chasing light itself. Let me walk you through my process. When I finish a piece, I… Read More »Photographing Encaustic Art: Tips for Capturing Texture, Color, and Shine
It’s done…..now what? It’s such a great feeling when a piece is finally finished—until you suddenly realize the work isn’t actually done. There’s a whole process that comes after the art-making, and it’s just as important for honoring your work and preparing it for the world. The first thing I do is clean the edges.… Read More »Your Art Is Done—Now What?
Why photograph horses? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself lately—especially after spending a week at a dude ranch and realizing I am definitely not a horsewoman. I didn’t grow up around horses. I wasn’t the little girl obsessed with ponies. My only horse memory from childhood is visiting my cousin’s horse, Danny, in the… Read More »Why I Photograph Horses
I love my job. I’ve just returned from a week teaching my photo encaustic equine workshop outside of Sheridan Wyoming. Nine of us gathered in this amazing location at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains and spent the week photographing horses and working in the studio. It’s the first time I’ve done a workshop… Read More »Doing What I Love
What Images Work Best for Printing on Tissue Paper? This is one of the concepts my students struggle with most—and it’s no surprise. When we photograph, we rarely shoot against clean white backgrounds unless we’re working in a controlled studio environment. But when it comes to printing on tissue paper, your background matters more than… Read More »How to Choose Images for Tissue Paper Prints
Somewhere between Painting and Photography. The Artistic Image online class kicked off again this week, which means it was time for one of my favorite assignments. I ask students to go online and gather examples of photo encaustic work they wish they had created. Then I have them look closely at what draws them in.… Read More »How Encaustic Transforms Ordinary Photographs
I’ve never been one to live on the edge. But this past week was defined by them. I’ve just returned from ten remarkable days in Oregon—opening the National Photo Encaustic Exhibition and teaching two back-to-back workshops. Before I even arrived, my imagination was already fixed on the Oregon Coast. I couldn’t stop thinking about edges.… Read More »Finding the Edge: Art, Photography, and the Oregon Coast
Bee Inspired. A couple of months ago, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum reached out and invited me to be part of the opening exhibition for their new Bee and Pollinator Center. My answer was an immediate—absolutely, yes. Of course, once I said yes, the next question was: What work should I show? My horse images weren’t… Read More »How Bees Inspired My Latest Encaustic Artwork
The Story Behind Time Slips Away. Art has this beautiful way of carrying us somewhere else. A single image—sometimes even the smallest detail—can pull us back into a place, a season, or a memory we thought we’d left behind. It becomes a thread connecting who we were, who we are, and who we’re becoming. And… Read More »The Story Behind Time Slips Away