Work with images you DON’T love. Sounds a little crazy. I know. As I’ve said before, working with encaustic can be frustrating and messy, requiring us to struggle with molten beeswax, potentially harmful fumes and sometimes cumbersome and frightening equipment. So why do it? Simply….it’s intoxicating. Otherwise why go to all the trouble to manipulate… Read More »Push yourself out of your comfort zone
I hear it all the time, “but I don’t have access to a studio.” And you might indeed need a studio if you’re planning on creating 36 x 36 photo encaustic with loads of texture. But we all start much smaller. And you don’t need a studio. You can learn basic photo encaustic skills with… Read More »Busting the Myth: You don’t need a big studio
How do you print on tissue paper? Inevitably when I start talking about my process and get to this point where I mention that I print my images on tissue paper, I can see that I’ve completely baffled my listener. It’s like they get stuck in time and get this off look on their face.… Read More »The Question I Get Asked Most Often
Recently I was re-reading the introduction that I wrote for Open to Interpretation: Water’s Edge and was struck by this paragraph. As artists we have a human impulse to create art, as well as the human need to define or make sense of the work created. Artistic expression has long been a tool through which… Read More »Taking Some of My Own Advice
You are going to be challenged. There you go. It’s that simple. As artists we are drawn to the undeniable allure of the beeswax and can’t wait to get our hands on it to see how it transforms our images. But I can guarantee you that you will be challenged. But man oh man, once… Read More »What Every Beginner Should Know About Photo Encaustic
I’ve never been the stenciling type. Actually, I’ve always avoided them. But recently as I was roaming around a craft store I found this amazing twirly paper and I thought – this would be perfect for stenciling. And I had just the image. A sea horse. I also had a wonderful duochrome encaustic paint color… Read More »Stenciling Really Isn’t My Thing
I often forget these images were shot underwater. By now the paintings have a life of their own and their origins are forgotten. The raw images in and of themselves are quite beautiful. But I only wanted to use the water as buoyancy for the clothes and nothing more. I realize now it’s an important… Read More »Yes, These Images Were Taken Underwater
Meet Marlene. I was invited to be part of a group show titled ‘She’s Not There: The Myth of the Muse’. All the images were to be of the same model, Marlene. Great. I scoured my photos and decided on several. But when I took them into the encaustic studio they all fell FLAT. I… Read More »The Image That Changed it All