Contemplating Flight Painting

From the series "Wallflowers", this piece is an encaustic collage of photograph and metal leaf in encaustic medium, on a wood panel. This work emerged from meditations on the ephemeral nature of beauty and youth. The images suggest fragility, woundedness, self-protection, hiddenness – but also strength and wisdom, and a sense of waiting, of inhabiting liminal spaces. Not portraits, these images are instead interior landscapes, traversing the terrain of age and experience, memory and loss. The process is also old: dating back to the ancient Greeks, the images are created using wax and resin on wood panels. I also incorporate photography, Japanese papers, printmaking techniques, cut papers, silver and gold leaf, and more. Although the images are photo-based, I liken the creation of each unique piece more to painting than photography. The rules of engagement are different; it’s a tactile process creating three-dimensional works; one can work intuitively, play with multiples, use a wide variety of materials, and enjoy the deep, sweet scent of wax and resin. Every piece is one of a kind.

Painting:Photo on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:12 W x 18 H x 1.5 D in

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