wow…

getting quiet   ‘come here to me’Do you go so very long without blogging?! I am wondering where my voice went. Did I leave it there in Chicago, or perhaps Oregon or Michigan?! Have I somehow forgotten to care for it and now it’s lingering, moldy and...
Guess what it is!

Guess what it is!

I’m entertaining guesses, and in truth I’m curious how they ‘read’! But honestly, it’s just a teaser….I’m not giving up what’s the ‘going on here’ until next spring…..studio time is so good to me 🙂 in...

Cleaning things up

how I eat is how I paint is how I believe~I eat simply. I find myself  apologizing for it sometimes, and John and the boys ‘making fun’ of me for it occasionally :)When I dump a can of black beans into a bowl, dice tomato and avocado atop and dig in,...
when does encaustic stop being encaustic?

when does encaustic stop being encaustic?

Or, better yet,      when does it start?!Is it when one first plugs the hot palette in      and begins to fill the room with melting beeswax fumes?Is it as she dips the brush deliberately into this molten pot    and deftly applies it to the prescribed rigid, absorbent...

acceptance solitude

A beautiful youtube video and a wonderful EncaustiCampers post to share; then my own thoughts!http://youtu.be/k7X7sZzSXYs From beautiful blogger and EncaustiCamper Lee Spangler of www.Studiolightblue.com The Benefits of SolitudeThe best art is created in solitude, for...