Tonya Engel Foster

My work is a vehicle for story-telling and a opportunity to share dreams and explorations. My paintings are playful and bright and colorfully textured while often hinting of an undercurrent.
I focus on capturing an expression, an emotion; I strive to encapsulate the feeling or memory of a single moment in time- real or imagined. I enjoy working on paper, wood or canvas and don't plan what will happen on canvas. I work with oil & cold wax/encaustics which creates a sort of luscious matt finish.