This quote by Fischer from 1964 , the year I married and moved full of anticipation across the country to contine my life ’ s journey , was not known to me at the time . Neither did I understand that I would find a calling in art . And so , after a thirty-year career in watercolor , acrylic collage and printmaking in Texas , twenty-one of those years as gallery co-owner , I continue my journey in life and art in Santa Fe , NM .
We artists are inquisitive souls , always eager to learn , and I had been intrigued by encaustic for several years . When I moved to Santa Fe in December of 2006 , I found a thriving community of encaustic artists and exceptional teachers . I arrived in New Mexico at just the right time---an opportune moment for my introduction to hot wax — Kairos .
Gemstone Mountains , encaustic , 8 x 10 inches , 2008
Gemstone Mountains , the intimate painting on birch panel shown above , was my first encaustic endeavor . It was a natural evolution , as I had been layering and glazing in watercolor , oil and acrylic for many years . The translucency of the medium allows what lies beneath to shine through , as in watercolor . With hot wax , however , the luminosity and seductive glow of color paired with the organic surface is unique .