The Pearl Painting

Exploring the old and always looking to the future. My career as a Cytologist was defined by looking for the smallest of changes in shapes and colors of cells of the human body, using the microscope. For many years, this was my art. I now work in oils, mixed media, alcohol inks, and my passion, encaustics. I have found my true calling as an artist with this natural medium. Being a bee keeper, I use the wax from my bees mixed with the resin of trees and pure earth pigments to make the "paint" that I work with. The sensuality of melted wax, the luscious colors, the feel of working with this difficult but forgiving medium has found a forever place in my heart. Excitement abounds with the possibilities when viewing a blank substrate to be embellished with this timeless medium.