Tea House #102, 16"x32" encaustic on wood panel
Tea House #84 12"x12"
Tea House #85 12"x12"
Tea House #86, 12"x12"
Tea House #88 12"x12"

This new series, was inspired by book I was listening to in my studio (I read while I paint).
It was all about the Japanese Tea ceremony. As a ceramic artist I am very aware of the ethics and philosophy of the tea ceremony. I loved the book and I found that I started making work that was reminicent of the quiet meditation of Tea.
The color palette has been the same throughout, vermillions, reds, magenta, yellow, whites. The domes are placed, then surrounded by a circle of another color, then layers and layers of color.

Sometimes the domes fade out, then return I have about 40 paintings in the series so far and will paint until I have to start working on ceramics for the summer shows.

Tea House #86 and #88 were accepted in the show at the Lauryn Taylor Gallery in Carmel,"Off The Grid", which opens April 28.

I will be moderating the panel on "Materials", at the Encaustics COnference at Montserrat Colege of Art this June in Boston, and the "Collaborati Three" will be doing a presentation on how three artists can collaborate. Daniella Woolf and Cari Hernandez are the other artists.