After years as an oil and watercolor painter, a friend encouraged me to take an encaustics workshop. It was love at first fuse and I've never looked back.

Most of my encaustic work features bright, bold colors and combines original prints with layers of luminous transparent wax. It's a process of scraping through those layers, then building back, adding patterns, lines and textures. The fun—the challenge—of encaustic is its flexibility and versatility. I’ve just scratched the surface of what this medium has to offer and can't wait to explore more.

I'm always surprised when a painting finally comes together and I say done. Now, it's out there to tell a story, to bring a little beauty or joy, or spark some long-lost memory.

I'm constantly amazed that I get to create this thing we call art. Just amazed.