One of my primary goals in creating contemporary art is to combine elements from my scientific background with the need for artistic expression. I utilize color to express and evoke a visual-emotional response. Perspectives in life are frequently based on visual impact and are most frequently spontaneous. This prompts the questiion, what do we feel? rather then, what do we think?

The Encaustic technique helps incorporate elements from the past with the present-day considerations.

It allows significant flexibility in regards to texture, color, and form. By layering, scraping, and incising the wax layers, I am able to explore origins and their subsequent pathways. 

I see this as consistent with the proliferation and regression of the ubiquitous elements that surround us. 

This extends from the sub cellular to the massive, from the adjacent to the distant. The process is a critical factor in allowing my imagination to soar and expand my personal universe.

To shed some light into my inspirations. The word encaustic comes from the ancient Greek enkaustikos meaning "to heat" or "to burn". Using heat at every stage the encaustic medium consists of beeswax melted with a little resin for hardness. When pigment is added, it becomes encaustic painting.