“Adding the elements, firing with the flame of a torch, watching the beeswax and pigment combine.
Adding, smoothing, and heating, again and again.”
Beeswax. Earth. Fire.
These elemental materials are not simply the means by which I make a painting. They are part of the work itself—transformation, memory, presence, and the gradual emergence of what was already there.
The Medium
My paintings are created with beeswax, damar resin, earth pigments, and fire.
Encaustic gives me a fluid, responsive surface that can be built, fused, excavated, and refined. Layer upon layer, the painting develops through a continual process of addition and removal. Scraping reveals earlier layers, allowing what lies beneath to become part of the evolving composition. Fire fuses each layer into the next. The material itself becomes part of the language of the work.
Materials & Foundation
I carefully select the highest-quality materials for my work, each chosen for its integrity, performance, and relationship to the finished piece.
I paint on custom Russian Baltic birch panels, prepared specifically for my encaustic process. Beeswax, damar resin, earth pigments, and other materials are selected with the same care. Together, they provide the foundation for paintings intended to endure while allowing the natural character and beauty of each material to remain part of the work.
The materials are not simply a means to an end. They are an essential part of the finished work.
Surface
The surface is where the physical nature of encaustic becomes most apparent.
I may polish the wax to a luminous, glass-like finish or preserve a more tactile surface. Subtle ripples, air bubbles, translucency, and marks created through excavation remain as evidence of the material and the process.
The Painting
Nature is my primary point of reference—not as something to depict, but as something to perceive.
I am drawn to moments of convergence, threshold, transformation, and stillness. My paintings emerge through an intuitive process in which color, light, material, and movement continually inform one another.
I build, fuse, scrape, excavate, and refine until the painting begins to reveal its own direction. What is concealed and what is revealed become equally important.
This is where I encounter The Elemental Still Point—the meeting place of energy and stillness, where material, perception, and presence converge.
The Artist’s Hand
Although encaustic is an ancient medium, each painting is shaped by the decisions made in the studio and by the movement of my hand.
I allow the work to evolve through layers, removal, discovery, and refinement. The finished surface carries traces of this journey.
What remains is not simply a record of technique, but a record of attention.
The Finished Work
The backs and sides of each painting are finished with the same attention given to the visible surface. The backs are signed and labeled, while the sides are carefully finished with hand-rubbed gilders paste.
Each painting is presented in a custom wood floater frame, selected to complement the work and create a refined sense of separation between painting and frame. The frame is an integral part of the finished presentation, giving each work a distinctive, gallery-quality presence.
Certificate of Authenticity
Each original painting is accompanied by a signed and dated Certificate of Authenticity documenting the title, materials, dimensions, and date of creation for the work.