A New Work in Progress

Oil on copper, I just love the way the copper pops the color of oils! This is in the very first stages. I'm waiting for the oils to dry enough to do some glazing.
This is 9" x 12".
I'm using Gamblin's Neomegilp and poppy oil. Both dry faster on the copper than they do on panel or canvas. The Neomegilp on the copper gives the pigments an enamel quality that I really like.

Finished, Neuropathy: the Action of Pain

It's finished. It accurately depicts how I feel, yet there is no catharsis. I'm trying to deal with the pain and the reality of it in the best way I know how, art. I don't think that this one image is going to help. It may be a step on the path, but it's just the start.
Here it is:
24" x 24" Encaustic on panel.

Work in Progress: Neuropathy

It's coming along very well, I think. I've gotten the background done, the shellac does some very interesting things to the wax. Her hair is almost done; next is the barbed wire.
This painting is a depiction of a bad day in my body. I'm almost done. I'll post the finished piece.

This is all about pain. Face melting, eye exploding pain that drops a person to her knees.
This is all about the headaches that make my hair stand on end.
This is all about the sharp pains that poke me all over; my fingers, my toes, the bottoms of my feet and the backs of my arms are all subject to the wire.