Mill Hill , encaustic on wood , 11 x 17 inches , 2013
I come from the PNW where it rains a lot . The rain influences my work . Painting the color and sound of rain . The feel of rain . The taste of rain . The sadness of rain . There is rain in all my work . Rain with intermittent sun breaks . On sunny days I spend a lot of time looking out the window and savoring blue skies . But my favorite time of day is dusk .
Dusk is the color of my dreams . Everything happens at dusk : the flying rabbits come out , the bicycling crows appear , little houses catch fire and the pale moon glows balefully .