A NOTE FROM THE ARTIST ABOUT MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUE: "I paint in encaustic. Encaustic painting dates to the 5th century B.C. and involves fusing together numerous layers of molten beeswax, tree resin and pigments. Each layer of encaustic medium is applied and then fused to the previous layer using a blowtorch. The surface is then scraped, scratched, or rubbed with oil paints to create various effects. Unlike other paint mediums, encaustic has this sculptural component to it."