Category: Videos

I don’t always link my YouTube posts because I make so few of them. Here’s one from four months ago. I’m sharing it now because I feel bad that I haven’t created new encaustic content.

Let’s be honest: I’m procrastinating my painting. I could claim that the summer heat deters me, that even though I have air conditioning in my studio I’m afraid I’ll blow a fuse if I fire up the unit while my power-draining art cart is running. These things are true, but they’re excuses.

I’ve been doing encaustic long enough that I can lay down wax well. I’ve tried different ideas and techniques, like using dried flower material, that I no longer want to pursue. I’m at a creative crossroads and I need to rank up.

What kind of artist do I want to become?

(See here for my previous work. The Undersea content is some of my favorite.)

Tell me what you think of my editing! Hahaha! These videos are satisfying to make, much to my surprise, so I thought I’d try to get better at it. If you watch (or skip) to the end you’ll see a visitor to my studio.

And if you can’t understand my garble, the Heart of Iron piece is a mix of bougainvillea flowers and eucalyptus leaves.

Here is the link to the original post about this piece.

The new piece, a work-in-progress, has flowers pressed with an iron before they were waxed. The older piece, finished about 7 mos. ago, is starting to brown.

I’m trying a new feature, a short clip of a particular encaustic piece. I’m also working within a new wordpress theme that won’t auto-display media. Lol help! Click thru to get to the youtube.