I delight in the physical process of painting.  First I prepare the surface, then I glue various papers or fabric and apply an underlayer of translucent colour.  Sometimes the surface is reworked  with scraping, engraving or stressing treatments.  I like surfaces that look aged, ancient and rich.  I love to experiment.  The images I use are from nature: animals, insects, birds, plants, trees.  For the past several years I have been working in encaustic.  Although volatile, this medium hardens into stable surface with a sheen that can be polished with a cloth, and posesses a glowing depth of colour. The suface can also be sculpted and worked in various ways.

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