Leonora Meyerhoff

I had worked for several years with clay before discovering the beauty of encaustic, a combination of beeswax and tree resin. I began using beeswax mostly because it's a natural, unprocessed medium. It is translucent, it has body, it's reworkable and it's sculptural. I adore the meditative and sensory experience of working with wax.

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As an artist, I am constantly experimenting and playing with the possibilities and the boundaries of my materials. I dye egg shells, burn paper, play with shellac and pigment and add layers of wax to create luminous and textured surfaces.

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The unpredictable nature of encaustic when exposed to heat captivates me. The mystery of how the wax, pigment and mixed media will interact - meld or repel - is enthralling. I hope to pull the viewer into these works, to see their beauty from a distance and then to experience their layered and textured surfaces up close.

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I am inspired by Nature  and our relationship to it - from the vastness of our universe to the fragments of what we leave behind.

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                                                     - Leonora Meyerhoff

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