As an Encaustic artist I work with beeswax as my medium, incorporating natural wax from hives and naturally bleached wax. Adding natural and manufactured pigments to colour the wax, this ancient form of art offers enormous opportunities to be creative. Typically, most encaustic paintings are small (20 x 20cm) as wax dries extremely quickly, but this year my focus has been on creating larger paintings (1 metre) and overcoming the difficulties that this presents. Most paintings demonstrate abstract realism, showing recognisable themes using a variety of encaustic techniques. With 22 years experience painting in encaustic wax, it still amazes me that I can find new materials and techniques that can be incorporated into wax – and for the past 18 months I have been working with the Shellac burn which gives a very unusual but complementary finish.
My work is on display at the Commonage Pottery and Gallery (at Happs Winery), where I also conduct workshops when requested for both beginners and more advanced artists.
Workshops will be available during Open Studios.