“Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your soul.”

-Alice Walker

In 2015 I left my corporate life of 22 years in search of one that fueled my creativity and passions. I fell in love with the luminous quality of Encaustic and never looked back.

The enchanting beauty of living in Santa Fe, New Mexico is  the heart of my work. Sky, water, land, texture and earthy colors are recurring themes. I am more likely to start painting intuitively, picking colors and shapes that give me a certain feeling vs. beginning with a specific idea or series in mind. My hope is to capture the movement, energy and grace of this magical landscape and offer a sense of calm and serenity.  

Painting with molten beeswax allows me to build up many layers of color and texture that can be added to or scraped away. A variety of tools are used to paint and move the wax around but the most fun one is a blow torch. The meaning of Encaustic is to "burn in" so each layer of wax needs to be fused or melted together with the torch to create a strong bond.  It dries quickly which indulges my desire to work fast and  enjoy spontaneity.