Encaustic, Mixed Medium
24"x24"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
18"x14"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
22"x10"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
22"x10"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
4"x4"
2012
Meet Maisy.
She's a long-haired feline with soft-as-clouds fur in hues of orange, black and white.
Her sweet green eyes have an incredible depth, with a slight bit of mystery that all cats seem to possess. She pads about on white bunny feet, with the most adorable tufts of fur sprouting from between her little toes.
Have you ever possessed an incredible, profoundly strong connection with an animal? I have this inexplicable connection with Maisy. We share an understanding that food should be nibbled and savored.
Maisy wasn't the only love of my life. Several years ago, I met a man and fell in love. He was an all-around wonderful man. But he came with one hitch: he was allergic to cats. After much contemplation and tears, I sent precious Maisy to live with a good friend.
Words cannot convey how much I missed my sweet-eyes, bunny-footed kitty. I poured my love into my artwork and created this piece. A feminine, long-haired bunny lounges on a patch of pink grass. It was reminiscent of the way in which Maisy would lounge in the warm sunshine.
Maisy blessed my friend with her feline fabulousness for six months. But one day, things changed. Maisy's caretaker inexplicably developed allergies.
I took it as a sign and took back my precious bunny-footed kitty. My boyfriend adjusted.
We are no longer together, but Maisy still remains. Perhaps there's a bit of bunny magic afoot.
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x6"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
6"x6"
2012
The heat was flowing through the windows, and on days like that it felt as if you were swimming in a pool of heat everywhere you went. My dad was being a daily hero, driving me two hours through the California heat to get to my friends for some get together I can’t even remember, but I’m sure was extremely important for a sixteen year old me.
As I gazed out the window of our station wagon, I suddenly was hit with a wave of anxiety. I was just starting out in high school, and I was unsure of so many things. Where was I going? Where should I go to college? Will my friends go there? The questions were flowing through my head at a million miles an hour.
So, I opened my mouth and out it flowed “Dad, I don’t know who I want to be, I don’t know what I want to do, what should I do?” He sat in silence for a moment, and then smiled and replied in his usual muse-like fashion “All you need to know in life, is to know yourself. That’s the secret honey, to know yourself.” I nodded and said “Oh okay, that helps” sarcastically, but didn’t realize at that moment how much it actually did help.
That memory faded away over time, along with all the other memories of my adolescent youth. But as I was walking on a beautiful winding trail through the forest one summer evening, the heat hit me again, and I heard the call of an owl. I look up, and its staring right at me… no, right through me. The words of my father came back and took over the calls of the owl, and spoke right to me… “Know yourself.”
I rushed back to the studio. As I started to play with the encasutics, the sound echoed through my body, and with every stroke I express myself. As the canvas turns from blank into a display of the inner workings of my mind, I know that this is me. This is knowing myself.
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x6"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
18"x14"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
15"x15"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
12"x5"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
10"x8"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
9"x12"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
5"x5"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
6"x6"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x6"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x6"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
5"x5"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x8"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
6"x6"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
18"x12"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
10"x10"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
10"x8"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
11"x14"
2012
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x8"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x8"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x10"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x10"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed-Medium
8"x10"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed-Medium
8"x5"
2014
Shown at City Art Gallery, San Francisco
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
February 2014
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
8"x6"
2013
Encaustic, Mixed Medium
2013
