encaustic paintings

I haven't been able to do "a painting a day" this summer,
I'm busy with commissions.

However, I've been hankering to try encaustic painting....
It probably doesn't make the most sense to choose the
hottest summer on record to stand over a hot plate of molten beeswax,
but when the urge strikes...
The beeswax smells wonderful, right now, I am making collages,
gathering up the courage to paint with wax...
these are my first paintings.
summer special,
30 paintings in 30 days,



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"now every passion sinks to rest"
bees wax, ephemera on panel
6 x 8 x 3/4


"plant the grain"
bees wax, ephemera on panel
6 x 8 x 3/4



"not me"
diptych
bees wax, ephemera on panel
8 x 8.5 x 3/4
$140 +shipping



"tierra"
bees wax, ephemera on panel
6 x 8 x 3/4
not for sale


"beneath water, beneath ice"
bees wax, ephemera on panel
6 x 8 x 3/4
not for sale