Galatea moves through water as if it were breath itself—quiet, luminous, unhurried.
This work captures the moment when strength chooses softness, when grace is not a retreat but a resolve. Layers of encaustic and image drift together like suspended memory, inviting the eye to slow, to linger, to rest.
In Greek mythology, Galatea is a sea nymph known not for conquest or spectacle, but for compassion and inner strength. Loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus and devoted to the mortal Acis, Galatea chooses tenderness over force, loyalty over fear. When Acis is killed, she transforms grief into protection, turning his blood into a living river—love preserved as motion rather than loss.
Galatea’s story is one of quiet sovereignty: the power to remain gentle in a world of noise, to shape fate not through dominance, but through devotion.
Galatea is for spaces that call for calm without fragility—rooms where light softens and silence feels intentional. She carries a presence that steadies rather than demands, offering serenity that unfolds over time. Created through a process that merges modern photography and printmaking with the ancient art of encaustic, layers of molten beeswax, oils, and resins are built up and fused with fire. The textured surface invites touch, its translucent depth suggesting both concealment and revelation. A one-of-a-kind encaustic mixed media painting — where photography, molten beeswax, and oils merge to reveal a serene underwater world. Layers of texture and translucency create a luminous depth that can only be achieved through fire and time.
Galatea
Photography, fine printmaking, and archivally adhered to cradled wood panel, various fine art mediums including pan pastels, oil paint, and encaustic. Each work is individually crafted, an original. Based on photography and each different, the colors or sizes may be similar yet unique.
52×44 × 1.5 inches
Galatea moves through water as if it were breath itself—quiet, luminous, unhurried.
This work captures the moment when strength chooses softness, when grace is not a retreat but a resolve. Layers of encaustic and image drift together like suspended memory, inviting the eye to slow, to linger, to rest.
In Greek mythology, Galatea is a sea nymph known not for conquest or spectacle, but for compassion and inner strength. Loved by the Cyclops Polyphemus and devoted to the mortal Acis, Galatea chooses tenderness over force, loyalty over fear. When Acis is killed, she transforms grief into protection, turning his blood into a living river—love preserved as motion rather than loss.
Galatea’s story is one of quiet sovereignty: the power to remain gentle in a world of noise, to shape fate not through dominance, but through devotion.
Galatea is for spaces that call for calm without fragility—rooms where light softens and silence feels intentional. She carries a presence that steadies rather than demands, offering serenity that unfolds over time. Created through a process that merges modern photography and printmaking with the ancient art of encaustic, layers of molten beeswax, oils, and resins are built up and fused with fire. The textured surface invites touch, its translucent depth suggesting both concealment and revelation. A one-of-a-kind encaustic mixed media painting — where photography, molten beeswax, and oils merge to reveal a serene underwater world. Layers of texture and translucency create a luminous depth that can only be achieved through fire and time.
Galatea
Photography, fine printmaking, and archivally adhered to cradled wood panel, various fine art mediums including pan pastels, oil paint, and encaustic. Each work is individually crafted, an original. Based on photography and each different, the colors or sizes may be similar yet unique.
52×44 × 1.5 inches
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