ARTIST STATEMENT

My love of place and travel is at the heart of my artistic practice. Wherever I go, my travel diary is my faithful companion — part sketchbook, part journal, part memory book. It holds drawings, notes, impressions, and fragments of the world: the light at a certain hour, the texture of a rock, the names of places and people met along the way. Whether driving along small country roads, hiking through mountains, wandering endless beaches, or climbing windswept cliffs by the sea, I gather sensations and memories that later become the poetic foundations of my paintings.

Back in my studio, I immerse myself in these impressions. I begin to paint the broad strokes of each place’s spirit, melting the wax with a blowtorch so that colours fuse together, or letting it flow freely down the panel, guided by gravity, forming unexpected shapes and textures. As I work, the details fall away, leaving only what truly endures — the horizon, the vastness of nature, a solitary tree, or the rhythm of light and colour that speaks to the soul of the landscape.

I work with encaustic, an ancient technique using molten beeswax, damar resin, and pigments on wild cherry wood — the same process used by the Greeks and Egyptians more than 2,000 years ago. Each layer of wax holds light, texture, and depth, allowing the work to breathe and glow from within. Through this medium, I celebrate the luminous balance of water, earth, and sky, field and forest, landscape and life. In recent years, animals such as rabbits, penguins, and birds have appeared in my work — not as portraits, but as living presences that embody freedom, instinct, and our shared connection to the natural world.

Beyond representation, my art grows from a visceral connection to place and presence — an exploration of how memory, movement, and material converge. My process is both meditative and physical, rooted in attention, empathy, and care.

Through art, we all connect — to memory, to nature, and to one another. Each painting is an invitation to pause, to feel, and to rediscover the luminous energy that links us all.

ARTIST TECHNIQUE

Encaustic Painting

Encaustic is an ancient art form — a luminous, wax-based paint composed of beeswax, damar resin, and pure pigments. Its origins trace back to the Greeks and Egyptians, who were using this very process more than 2,000 years ago to create artworks that still radiate with color and light today.

In my studio, I continue this timeless tradition. I create each batch of encaustic paint by hand, beginning with 100% pure pharmaceutical-grade beeswax, filtered without chemicals, and blending it with Singapore-grade damar resin, a natural tree resin. Into this molten medium, I stir finely ground pigments, giving birth to a spectrum of rich, glowing hues. The result is a paint that breathes — alive, luminous, and deeply tactile.

On my heated palette, the wax remains molten, waiting to be guided. I apply it with a brush, or let it flow freely across the surface of wild cherry wood. With the flame of a blowtorch, I fuse each layer into the next, binding color through heat — the very essence of encaustic, from the Greek enkaiein, “to burn in.” It is an alchemy of elements: wax, pigment, wood, and fire, converging into form.

The Living Surface of Wax

Opulent and timeless, encaustic is perhaps the most sensual of all painting media. It can be polished to a mirror-like gloss, carved, scraped, layered, collaged, cast, or sculpted. It hardens instantly as it cools, yet can be endlessly reawakened by the touch of heat.

Wax is its own varnish — naturally protective and enduring. Because beeswax resists moisture, encaustic paintings require no glass or varnish. A gentle buffing brings out a deep luster, enhancing the saturation and inner glow of color.

Non-yellowing and pure, the wax retains its clarity through time. If stored in darkness, it may deepen slightly, but with light, it returns to its original brilliance — as if remembering the sun.

And because no solvents are needed, the process remains true to nature — clean, elemental, and alive with the quiet fragrance of beeswax.

Timeless. Natural. Enduring.

When you collect an encaustic painting, you’re not only acquiring art — you’re embracing an ancient tradition, a luminous fusion of fire and wax that has endured for over two thousand years. Timeless. Natural. Enduring.