Handiwork

Handiwork arises from a pull to work rhythmically, holding the tradition of needlework and textiles in a way that is mine. In these paintings made with richly pigmented encaustic paint, I focus on the creation of the marks themselves, hearing the cadenced click of knitting needles or the paced pulling of thread as I make repeated movements with paint. Sometimes I use tactile pigmented wax on top of paintings made by another artist, recalling the ceremony of collective quilts, sharing and passing down a heritage- remembered, or not, along the way.