Encaustic Arts Magazine Winter 2014 | Page 48

Forgiveness , encaustic Art Wax Block Colours ( wax only formulation – no resins ) on 300gms white card , 8 x 10 inches ( A6 ), 1997
The work to which we are softly called , always , is to practice with humanity . We are the creators of our reality ; this is the definition of an artist . Our very living creates the life we come to experience .
Can art be defined then ? For me it is simple enough . Art : the expression of the state of being of the artist
… as Shakespeare put it “ To be or not to be , that is the question ”; and it is a question that arises anew in each moment . The artistic approach I embrace translates that into the exact expression of what is actually created in each of those flowing moments we call life . As far as possible I co-create my reality with conscious being and an open receptive stance . When we “ get an idea ” where do we get it from ? I am conscious of connection to that from which ideas come .