Small Study

A lot of the abstract painting that I have been doing is suggestive of landscape. I think in part I tend to read that into them during the painting. They often start out with no fixed destination, and I react to what is happening on the board, tweaking, refining and steering as I work. I do like this way of working because it's exciting. I also like the suggestion of something more. Some interesting conversations with Sara and Seth about what they see in them.
I'm really taken with encaustic (did I say that in a previous post?) because I love the material fact of paint. Encaustic is direct, immediate, and slightly out of my control.
I also love the smell of beeswax.