Wax Gone Wild, framed Painting

Koment has developed this unique way of working with encaustic wax, which she calls Paper Pours. They are represented in 3 books and numerous magazines and zines. Images that come from both outside and from within become a physical reality in wax. Wax is different than other mediums. It is mutable, fluid, responsive, and forgiving. It is hotter, faster, and more physical. It doesn’t wait for you; instead, it hardens and you must apply heat to reawaken it. It sings your song and resists control, although control is entirely possible. It bends to your ways and leads you down new paths. It has its own voice and its own language that suggests and leads, responds and obeys.* "Encaustic in the 21st Century", article by E Koment