Cold Wax Medium 👍🏻

I recently attended a four day painting workshop at the Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek, WI. and it was fabulous! Karen Sako was the instructor and finally I was able to understand first hand the similarities and differences between encaustic (hot wax) and cold wax painting. Layering paint in a free-flowing way brought…

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New Oil Paintings

Landscape painting with flowers and cloudy sky.

I continue to be inspired by my visit to the Burren in County Clare, Ireland last September. A new body of work is slowly starting to emerge in my studio, and I am in the midst of it all. One of the challenges for this series has been my desire to incorporate a variety of…

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Teacher as Student

Watermelon and papaya on a table.

This winter I decided to take an oil painting class with Nina Weiss at the Evanston Art Center. Oil paints are a medium I have avoided for my entire adult creative life! The reason I want to learn now is to be able to incorporate them with the encaustic medium. I also hope to combine…

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