Field of Dreams
The papers in this piece were dyed using onion skins (light yellow and dark green) and rust (dark red.) Layering onion skins and paper sheets… Read More »Field of Dreams
Encaustic collage
Not All Who Meander Are Lost
I started drawing the meander patterns that show up in the background of this piece one day as I was testing out some new colored… Read More »Not All Who Meander Are Lost
Cloister
This is a study for a future larger piece, which will be called She Turned the Cloister On Its Ear. The title refers to the… Read More »Cloister
The Blossoming of Silence
I really had fun making The Blossoming of Silence, partly because I got to work with so many colors at once. The blues, greens and… Read More »The Blossoming of Silence
Sowing Seeds
A second piece made with the combination of squares and diamonds that makes this lovely tumbling pattern. This one looks at first glance like it… Read More »Sowing Seeds
Liberty
The pattern here is one I discovered in researching ancient roman tile patterns, and I fell in love with how dynamic it is. This is… Read More »Liberty
How Will Peter Pay the Lions?
This is a companion piece to Loose Connections, also made with magazine images and wax encaustic. The quilt pattern on which it is based is… Read More »How Will Peter Pay the Lions?
Loose Connections
This piece is based on a very old pattern of a square within a square within a square, which shows up in everything from medieval… Read More »Loose Connections