So I painted this as a companion piece to the last one 30″x30″..still this smooth encaustic medium…but this one sold…so does that mean I have to get another ‘companion’ for the first?

So this is a larger attempt and in so…more challenging…she is 30″x 30″…I am just using flowers as an excuse to create positive and negative relationships…and which is more compelling? a lot like life..heh????

so I thought if I just painted red and then made

it a flower AFTER the initial colors..well, you can do that with wax…because it is so many layers…and just heat…but you still have to take advantage of the shapes that are NOT red..I think this has an interesting pull to it

I was trying to bring your eye to the center…which may be what all the meditation is about…the rhythm of life..always moving towards the center

Hey! see the bloppy purple…to contrast this with the green…see? I really AM thinking about all of this stuff. I get mesmerized by what the wax/heat can do

so a read rose…and the most thrilling thing about this painting is the aqua

I love the vibrancy of this painting!

so the simplicity of this painting is really to give you a sense of calm…which I do not have much of…I used to meditate a significant amount…went to week long retreats and just sat…listening (mostly to my thoughts…) and it was not until I just gave up because it was so darn frustrating did I get any relief at all…I just begged God to tell me what to do…what was my purpose…how can I help…I went on a vision quest…sat by myself in the desert just drinking water and praying for a ‘vision’…seven days (well, only 4 of them was I fasting…) but a COMMITMENT for sure…I had many visions…but when I came home I was still just SuejFazio–mother of six children—wife to the great golf course architect Tom Fazio—and a wild working woman—always busy…too busy to save the world..or myself…well, I only say this all to give you an idea of my ‘journey’..well, now I paint…and don’t meditate at all and I am so peaceful and calm and I think quite helpful to adding to the joy of the world..and this painting just sorta nails that feeling!

I love little bluettes…you find them in the woods just randomly picking up their cute little noses and looking at you walking by…I’ve tried planting them but with no long term luck…I think they just like to surprize you

Calypso Green..that is the primary green color in this painting…I just discovered it and am smitten…you’ll be seeing alot of this in my waxworks