When dreaming you enter a mysterious and fascinating world, where the rules of reality do not apply.  Dreams are one of life's most fascinating and intriguing mysteries. I have been recording my dreams each morning by writing them down, or trying to draw a quick sketch. This series is a complete experiment with the use of overlapping materials.  I have been experimenting with the application of encaustic wax, and its mark making process.  Encaustic paint is made from pure pigment and a mixture of molten beeswax and damar resin, that I heat up on a hot plate. The paint is applied hot with a variety of tools, then cools and hardens within seconds. The process is quite seductive, tactile, and sultry. Painting with hot wax results in a velvety matte finish, like the frosting on a donut! The most amazing thing about encaustic, is the endless versatility. Multiple layers of paint and clear wax creates overlapping color and amazing depth. The medium can be textured, scraped, incised, etched, combed, embossed, sculpted into three dimensional bits or smoothed to a glassy finish. The molten nature of the medium just begs to be used for collaging or embedding mixed media into the wax. Since beeswax is compatible with oil paint, oil pigment sticks can be used to glaze in rich color or to fill in incised markings. This material is very free, and unpredictable...but I love it!