Phantasme

Phantasme, encaustic, mixed media, 4x6ft, 2017

This is quite a departure from my typical mode of painting. I was initially inspired by some blurry photos I shot of my garden. It started as a loose oil sketch from those blurry images. Once I had the sketch down, with every layer of wax the imagery changed. I stopped looking at the photos and let my imagination and intuition flow. Shapes and forms morphed until they began to find their balance. The colors and mood remind me of art from the 1930's and the colors from Fantasia though I was not looking at any images as I created the piece.