About My Work

I began working with encaustics in 2009, attracted to the luminous quality of the layered medium (beeswax and damar resin). I apply the melted medium with brushes and palette knives, mixing pigments into the medium as the work progresses. The work is built in layers blended with a torch in much the same manner perfected by the Greeks over 2,000 years ago. Among the most durable of paints, encaustics will not deteriorate or discolor with age, as evidenced by the Egyptian Fayum mummy portraits still in excellent condition today.

Encaustics miniatures are 6 inches square on cradled hardboard. These miniatures are not framed. Also unframed are works sized 17.75 inches x 22 inches on cradled hardboard. Framed works are are 17.75 inches square in the frame (image size 15.25 inches, captioned as 15×15 on the encaustic gallery page), and 48.25 x 36.75 inches framed (image size 45.25 x 33.75, captioned as 45×33 on the encaustic gallery page).

After 15 years exhibiting photo-based images on paper, I began experimenting with prints on silk and now offer wearable art shawls. The 20×70-inch shawls are made from two coordinated prints on silk twill, giving the wearer a flowing double-sided shawl with no visible seams. 

Encaustic miniatures 6″ square $1,800 pesos

Encaustic unframed 17.75 x 22″ $12,000 pesos

Encaustic 17.75″ square in frame $8,500 pesos

Encaustic 48.25 x 36.75″ in frame $55,000 pesos

Wearable art silks $2,200 pesos