Words as image are a central part of my imagery in paintings, book arts, and prints , leading to my current obsession with letterforms and wall writing.

I use encaustic to create ancient obscured surfaces with layers of ink writing on Japanese paper saturated with color, scraped to reveal an inner texture, or scratched with lines to make new imaginary figures or handwriting. My goal is to create dense, ancient, fresco like surfaces.

My work evolves in series, whether pages of a book or a group of paintings, investigating visual aspects of a symbol or idea.  My painted books are made with collographs, intaglio & woodcut  printing  as well as paint and writing in many layers to achieve a rich and unexpected surface, each book unique

I am currently working on a body of work inspired by the game of chess, including words of war, checkerboards, and chessmen.