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I have begun playing around with Encaustic Wabi Sabi and I love it! The process is very loose and energetic. I have been drying out Tazo tea bags and have discovered that tea bag paper is exquisite to use with Encaustic Wax. Also, you can …

I’ve had some time away from the studio while I was photographing my vignettes outdoors, and when I came back, a piece that I had left sitting on a table in my studio half finished- (for a few months!), suddenly resolved itself. I knew what …

We’re having a relaxing and rejuvinating time over at FAVA, the local arts center in beautiful Oberlin, Ohio! Six local artists have come to play in wax and unwind their minds on six consecutive Saturday afternoons; and while the town rushes around below our second story window, we hide ourselves …

Appalachian Spring is playing on the radio. This is a gorgeous classical piece that, being a dancer, is true to my heart. It was composed by Aaron Copland and performed by Martha Graham and her dancers back in the 40’s, and was quite the pioneer piece …

Idyllwild. Wow. The Santos Cage Doll Redefined was an incredible workshop, and the women who took part in it were incredible women, who came to create and to be transformed. Each of them brought their own stashes of personal mixed media materials to draw from and …

I just returned from a breathtaking trip up into the mountains of Idyllwild in Southern, California. But a huge forest fire broke out near the foot of the Idyllwild mountain the day after we all left! I am filled with a mixture of emotions – Thank God …

Hello Again! Well, I’ve been so busy over here in Ohio, with mine, Susan’s and Cheri’s boys all graduating from high school at once, with the ceremonies, the formalities and the hub-bub. Susan’s ex-husband died just a week ago, taking us all by surprise! It was a …

I find that when teaching encaustic painting, one of the skills that takes the longest for students to develop is creating transparent colors. Developing a hand at transparency in encaustic painting actually takes a while. It’s easy to get over-exuberant in choosing and applying color, …

I have been wanting to write to you about my sister Cheri, a glass artist, and what she is going through right now. She is going through Cancer. But Cheri is a very private person, so I am not actually going to talk about her …