About this time Ellen Koment decided to teach her students to create encaustics by pouring hot color onto paper . That was exciting ! It ’ s a wonderful medium in which to ply the tools of my art . Abstracts were beautiful , soft and gentle . Pours could stand alone or as part of something bigger using a mix of other items . Once I experimented with the pouring I grew into a way to make it my own . Few people work figuratively in encaustic but I rather enjoy the challenge .
Cowboy , encaustic on cradled board , 29 x 28 inches , 2015