Today was about working on the rest of the paintings in the fan series. Three dozen are completed and framed and these are the other three dozen.

The way I work – I layer the hardboards with wax then trace the fan stencils to them. I created the stencils. I was only going to make sixty paintings but I really loved all three of these designs equally.

I’d already added origami papers to some of them. Today I painted first passes of color on all of them. Tomorrow I will re-carve the designs, clean them up and start giving each painting individual attention.

They are encaustic – a combination of oil paint and beeswax. Eventually, I will add mixed-media items to some of them as needed. I love the process of creation. I was so focused today. Locked in. <3