"Eye of Newt" (2020, 12x12")
The ancient art of mixing bees wax, damar resin and oil paints via the transformative power of a blow torch...
Like writing poetry, painting encaustics is a process of discovery. I may start with a concept, but the process involves layers that may end up unrecognizable, literally transformed into something unintended and inconceivable at the start.
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