Encaustic Paintings

Patchwork of Place Series

This series of paintings was made using encaustic paint, which is a combination of beeswax, tree resin and pigment. Encaustic lends itself well to my process of layering transparent colors, pastels, and stenciling patterned shapes. I create richly textured “pieces” of paintings on small wood panels by building up and scraping away multiple layers to reveal unexpected color combinations, marks and visual effects. When I have accumulated several different painted pieces of various sizes and shapes, I arrange them together in larger squares or rectangles, moving them around until I find a composition that feels right. Next, I adhere the pieces to a wooden panel, creating a “quilt” of contrasting colors, shapes and imagery which breaks up the composition in unexpected ways.

Yellow & Turquoise Patterns
12" x 29" — Yellow & Turquoise Patterns 12" x 29"

Pieces of Summer
33" x 24" — Pieces of Summer 33" x 24"

Remnants of Summer
21" x 19" — Remnants of Summer 21" x 19"

Warblers in the Woods
15" x 17" — Warblers in the Woods 15" x 17"

Almost September
12" x 24" — Almost September 12" x 24"

Late Summer Gathering
12" x 27" (SOLD) — Late Summer Gathering 12" x 27" (SOLD)

Song Birds with Blue Dots
25" x 20" — Song Birds with Blue Dots 25" x 20"

Primary Birds
21" x 15" (SOLD) — Primary Birds 21" x 15" (SOLD)

Blue Raven
13" x 17" (SOLD) — Blue Raven 13" x 17" (SOLD)

Purple and Gold
15" x 28" — Purple and Gold 15" x 28"

Fall Camouflage
9" x 9" — Fall Camouflage 9" x 9"

Forest Birds
30" x 21 (SOLD) — Forest Birds 30" x 21 (SOLD)

Pink and Red Warblers
9" x 9" (SOLD) — Pink and Red Warblers 9" x 9" (SOLD)

Walk in the Woods
30" x 21" (SOLD) — Walk in the Woods 30" x 21" (SOLD)

Hopeful Bird and Primary Colors
12” x 24” (SOLD) — Hopeful Bird and Primary Colors 12” x 24” (SOLD)

Bird and Blue
12”x 12” (SOLD) — Bird and Blue 12”x 12” (SOLD)

Sunny Disposition
12” x 27” (SOLD) — Sunny Disposition 12” x 27” (SOLD)

Thrush Gathering
18” x 33” (SOLD) — Thrush Gathering 18” x 33” (SOLD)

Warblers, Turquoise, and Orange
12” x 24” (SOLD) — Warblers, Turquoise, and Orange 12” x 24” (SOLD)

Morning Sun in the Garden
12” x 24” — Morning Sun in the Garden 12” x 24”

First Gray
21” x 18” (SOLD) — First Gray 21” x 18” (SOLD)

Evening Light
21” x !5” — Evening Light 21” x !5”

Thrush, Black Spruce and Lime
15” x 30” — Thrush, Black Spruce and Lime 15” x 30”

Fireweed, Raven, Sparrow, 18” x 15” (SOLD)

Sparrow, Spruce and Flock, 12”x9” (SOLD)

Brown Bird on Blue
12" x 9" — Brown Bird on Blue 12" x 9"

Sparrow in Turquoise Woods
12" x 9" (SOLD) — Sparrow in Turquoise Woods 12" x 9" (SOLD)

Flower Series

60s Sun with Blue Stripes, 9" x 6" (SOLD)