Deep Memory: Mysteries Beneath the Surface

Deep Memory explores the layered, shifting nature of remembrance through abstract encaustic painting. Much like images seen beneath the surface of water, memories move between clarity and obscurity, lingering in ways that are both fragile and persistent. I approach memory as something fluid — built through layering, erasing, revealing, and hiding.

The visual language for this series grew from time spent observing underwater worlds, from aquariums to snorkeling in Hawaii. These submerged environments became metaphors for the veiled, ever‑changing layers of memory. This work is also shaped by personal experience caring for my father through dementia, which deepened my understanding of how memory connects us even as it slips away.

Working in encaustic allows me to build translucent layers that echo the mind’s selective recall. Drawing on abstraction, surrealism, and collage, each piece becomes a small act of excavation and preservation — a way of honoring memory’s complexity and its power to transform and connect.

A new abstract series exploring the forest’s understory is coming this Spring.

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