Encaustic Arts Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 72

A Little Story , encaustic , mixed media on cradled birch panel , 8 x 8 inches , 2014
There is a careful balance required to maintain both a full teaching schedule and a professional art practice . I do not find it easy . I view the pendulum swing between the two as part of a perpetual continuum , sort of an eternal see-saw , in which I am continually striving for balance . I hold myself to very high standards and am not easily satisfied with my work - in any medium . It all seems a visual record of my journey toward a deeper understanding of Why Am I Here ?