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some lil' 5x5s
This morning I dropped off some small encaustic paintings, including these three below at Sacred Art over in Lincoln Square. They are gearing up for the holiday season and wanted some small paintings for my section. Inside Myself encaustic and collage5x5 inchesThe title for this bird painting was inspired by

contemplating the mystery
Contemplating the Mysteryencaustic and mixed media5 x 5 x 1.25 inchesAlthough I long to paint large and I have been painting larger and have some in progress, I still have stacks of small canvases and panels sitting in my studio. I really hate to have things go to waste or take up room, so I have been working on these small canvases lately. It's a good idea too,

Rootedness
Rootednessencaustic8x8 inchesAnother encaustic piece I created while I had my wax on the other day. I may change the title, but it is a word that resonates with me. I think I have always been plagued with a feeling of rootlessness and I always seem to be searching for some anchoring. That search is what spurred our move back to Chicago. But I've been finding myself missing Seattle often the

some exciting news!
A few months ago I was contacted by someone from the Tyra Banks show about the possibility of including one of my journals in their Luxe Living event that happens once a year where 8 women win a gift bag of the industries top products. This year they are incorporating fabulous luxury chocolates, teas, handmade soaps, candles, and apparantly handmade journals!

woven in the womb of the earth
woven in the womb of the earthencaustic8x10 inchesOn Sunday I painted all day. It was a good day. I actually painted in encaustics for the first time in a long time. Well, a few months is not eternity, but it felt like it. I had to work on a project that has a deadline looming ahead and so I put on my filter, opened the window, turned on the fan and heated up the wax