My current work is an intuitive and playful exploration of abstract composition, color and nature. The initial drawings for this work are derived from found rock formations along the border of California and Mexico as well as, from the Continental Divide of the Rocky Mountains. I also draw from found lace work. The lace is found both regionally and abroad, including locations in Germany, Italy and Cuba. In these paintings, I use a narrow range of dry pigments, beeswax and oil paint.

Both materials and imagery are combined in layers recomposing landscape and nature to suggest metaphorical connections between the thrill of making and my awe for nature. Calcium Carbonate, one of the dry pigments used, is a common compound comprised of three elements, Carbon, Oxygen and Calcium. It is found in pearls, seashells, limestone in streams and lakebeds throughout Texas and the Midwestern United States.

Mica, another dry pigment, is found in the southeastern United States and is used in various products from electronics to paper.

This combination of imagery and materials allow me the opportunity to intuit process, chance and discover unforeseen possibilities while making the work. The fluidity and stillness of the wax allows for the work to expand and explore implicit movement, as each encaustic painting becomes the custodian of past moments in time.