so much fun

soo what kind of flower is this? that is the point!…it is WAX!!! not a flower..just teasing…

oooo a bit blurry…sorry

now I am really excited about this new series I have been working on…each of these pieces are on 12″x12″ cradled encaustic board…my vision is to do 64…so to be hung together on an 8 foot x 8 foot wall…so far I have done 36…I am gettin a little petered out…I have them laying on my garage floor so that is why this is from a strange angle..but they are pretty fresh and exciting…it is great working on a series…I know what I am going to paint when I wake up!! so the following 36 pictures are each of these…buckle down

so what happened to the origial 2’x2′ encaustic painting that I truly loved? well, I put her outside to photograph and LEFT HER OUT! this is a no-no in the Florida Sun…she is a lot like me in direct heat and sunlight…wrinkles and melting! so a HUGE lesson in encaustic care….DO NOT PUT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT EVER!!! Encaustics melt at 200 degrees so must never be put in a window or left outside in say like a box or a car…I was able to ‘repair’ but not back to the original…maybe she is better!

this really is juicy!

a bit blurry picture but you can get the general feeling

a detail of the previous one…you can see the texture and movement

The second of the pair…also 30″x60″…encaustic…lots of texture as well…will also include details of this work

another detail of that same piece