Category Archives: painting

2012 Encaustic Evolution

Posted on July 15, 2012

So far this year, I have held workshops in two different locations and have begun making educational presentations about encaustic art. A new studio space has made workshops easier for me, since I no longer need to haul all my … Continue reading →

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A Wonderful Gift

Posted on December 15, 2011

My dear friends Neil and Elizabeth Smith are wonderful thoughtful artists who recently gave my husband and I this article which I find has an amazing depth and breadth of things to say about the purpose and value of art … Continue reading →

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Looking back at 2011

Posted on December 9, 2011

I don’t have any more workshops scheduled in 2011, but here is a look at some student work from a workshop earlier this year.  These pieces were done in my “Introduction to Encaustic Painting” workshop, a one-day class. We had … Continue reading →

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Encaustic Workshop Fun

Posted on August 7, 2011

Yesterday’s encaustic workshop was big fun, especially for me.  It’s such a joy to see what students create! Well, here.  You can see for yourself. These are Mellany’s creations:          Here is one by Robert: Of course, once … Continue reading →

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Poems and Movies

Posted on July 12, 2011

Get inspiration wherever you like. I don’t seem to have a choice. When inspiration shows up, it is pretty dang insistent. Suddenly, I just HAVE to get an idea down in paint or try a technique. And other projects wait … Continue reading →

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Mining the Unconscious

Posted on July 10, 2011

Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist, wrote about his own dreams. He also drew pictures to describe them.  In 2009, almost 50 years after his death, a book was published that is referred to as “The Red Book”.  The book is … Continue reading →

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Under the Bodhi Tree

Posted on June 9, 2011

Sometimes an image just comes to me.  Usually not, but this one did.  I was thinking about compassion, and that made me think of Buddha, and that brought me to the story of Siddhartha Buddha sitting under the fig tree … Continue reading →

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Hello, Dalai

Posted on May 5, 2011

I’ve always liked Tenzin Gyatso, aka the Dalai Lama.  His calm serenity and wise words inspire me. He allows me to think the world isn’t as crazy and hopeless as I tend to think it is if I mistakenly watch … Continue reading →

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Making Progress

Posted on April 9, 2011

After some faltering steps, I finally made some progress on the Martin Luther King portrait. It was hard continuing work on my own without my teacher around to guide me, but I finally got my confidence up and got going. … Continue reading →

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Encaustic Workshop

Posted on March 27, 2011

Last weekend I attended a three-day workshop to learn how to do representational work in encaustics. So far, I’ve been doing all sorts of abstract stuff, which I love to do, and not really trying much realism because well, I … Continue reading →

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