New Year, New Stuff
All the Feels (encaustic painting, copper wire) It is 2024. That shouldn't surprise anyone. We've had a few weeks to prepare for it, and many of us even celebrated its arrival. Nonetheless, for many, the start of a new year is a time of reflection and, sometimes, new direction. Last year was a hot mess for my creativity. As pandemic craziness came to a close in early 2023, the world began to open up again. I felt like I was undergoing some sort of metamorphosis, but not necessarily in a good way. The year started with a quiescent egg stage during which I thought about what kind of art I wanted to make short- and long term. However, because I had an exhibit deadline looming, quiescence lasted about a week. When I couldn't get my head around what I wanted to make, I threw myself into the larval stage. It wasn't pretty. I turned into the ugliest, most neurotic little caterpillar ever seen -- grasping first at this idea and then that one, trying to outdo my own imagination...
