About the Artist
My work is a visual and intellectual exploration of pairing and contrasting materials. Many blend an interest in the decayed industrial age and man-made objects with the abstract, as expressed through mark making, found objects, mixed media and encaustic—an ancient hot wax medium. As an artist, I keep coming back to working with hot wax because of the endless opportunities it offers. I often take my drawings, photographs, or whatever materials are at hand and embed them in encaustic. There is an atmospheric feel that comes from interleaving the different materials and a visual depth I find compelling. In some pieces, my work is more intuitive and free-flowing. In others, I return to a more formal organization that harkens back to my training in architectural illustration. I hope you will enter into a personal dialogue with each work and catch a glimpse of the world I see.