The Ground Below [Jan 2026] get a link to this artwork

wood, encaustic wax, watercolor, acrylic sheet
[7" W x 10¼" H (12" W x 15¼" H x 1" thick with frame)]

What mysteries lurk in the ground beneath us?

This is my first piece to incorporate encaustic wax! The buildings are wood, colored with watercolor paint and darkened in spots by burning it with my torch. The underground and sky is encuastic. It's framed with walnut.