a purple hibiscus!!

this is really upside down but I think it is still interesting..use your imagination

so much fun

soo what kind of flower is this? that is the point!...it is WAX!!! not a flower..just teasing...

oooo a bit blurry...sorry

now I am really excited about this new series I have been working on...each of these pieces are on 12"x12" cradled encaustic board...my vision is to do 64...so to be hung together on an 8 foot x 8 foot wall...so far I have done 36...I am gettin a little petered out...I have them laying on my garage floor so that is why this is from a strange angle..but they are pretty fresh and exciting...it is great working on a series...I know what I am going to paint when I wake up!! so the following 36 pictures are each of these...buckle down

so what happened to the origial 2'x2' encaustic painting that I truly loved? well, I put her outside to photograph and LEFT HER OUT! this is a no-no in the Florida Sun...she is a lot like me in direct heat and sunlight...wrinkles and melting! so a HUGE lesson in encaustic care....DO NOT PUT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT EVER!!! Encaustics melt at 200 degrees so must never be put in a window or left outside in say like a box or a car...I was able to 'repair' but not back to the original...maybe she is better!