My works on paper are neither paintings nor conventional prints. They are one-of-a-kind encaustic monotypes, a unique process that I pioneered and taught for over 20 years. As I disperse molten pigmented wax on a heated monotype palette, with gestural movements and markings, my touch and intentions combine with the effects of heat, gravity, and chance. When complete, the molten wax is offset to paper, cooling and affixing the image in time. These arrested marks mimic natural events and, reveal an uncharted journey