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After almost a life time of figurative and representational painting, I have been challenged and inspired for the last nine years by the medium of encaustic, which allows me to move beyond the rules of working realistically. Encaustic is a technique that I love and sometimes hate. It is laborious and magical at the same time and allows me to bring my deepest intuitive expressions to the work.

I allow my subconscious to take over so that the work may transform me beyond the mundane and predictable. The fluidity of the encaustic medium is challenging, exhilarating, inspiring and sometime extremely frustration. I open my senses to the experience and emotionally consent to a poetic and thrilling adventure.

Dreams and meditation often give me a starting point on an image. Then comes the application of many layers of molten beeswax, resin and pigments; each layer hear fused into the existing surface. At times I draw or paint on the layers and then scrape and rebuild the facade. This action is much like analyzing a dream. Layer after layer is applied, scraped, incised, fused and marked to allow the truth of the piece to speak. The reveled layers whisper their subtle messages. New layers may veil the original image and take the work to a deeper, more subconscious state.

Adding rhythmic, curving lines and shapes to break up the rigidity of some of the geometric forms, reminds me that I never have total control of my life or the encaustic. These moving lines take the work to a deeper, more subconscious state that can be meditative and musical.

 I strive to create layered luminosity that is appealingly tactile. I encourage viewers to stroke and caress the paintings and discover the sensual experience of the painting.
 

-Ezshwan