My work at Mel's Frame Shop 1007 SW Morrison St. Portland OR June 4th-28th 2013

Work at Mel's Frame Shop

Packing up these encaustic pieces to take down to Mel's Frame Shop.

New encaustic piece.

This a overview of new commissioned encaustic piece.  28"x12"

Close up view.

Close up view of details.

Cap Art Auction 2013

This is my encaustic piece that sold at this years CAP Art Auction.

How I made this encaustic painting.

12" x12" encaustic painting.

 This block of encaustic is 13"x13"x 1.75". About 150 layers each layer brushed on and fused. Before I start to cut I warm it up using a heat lamp.

 First cut using a small loop tool. These tools are used for making dentures.

Next a hot putty knife.

Another hot putty knife.

 The tools.

 Clean up.

 By-product that I will use later.

 Close up after it is cleaned up.

Lay out on panel. The panel has 10 layers of encaustic on it. 

 Welding the color strip to the panel using a torch.

 Close up after the weld.

Build a dam around the panel using blue paint tape.

 Pour clear encautic medium over the whole panel.

One of the employees at Black Rabbit Studio taking an afternoon break.

 After the pour cools down I clean up the color strip use a pottery loop tool.

Close up.

Encaustic paintings that are at River Sea Gallery in Astoria OR

Kaiser/Cook Collaboration Show October - November 2012 at Pie Footwear

 Some of the new collaboration work that Thomas Malcolm Cook and I worked on for this show

 Wood burning and encaustic paint.

 Some of my encaustic paintings at this show

This show is the Kaiser/Cook Collaboration Show at Pie Footwear, 2916 NE Alberta St. Portland OR.  The show will be up October - November 2012, with a opening reception Oct.24, 6-8pm.