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Summer has arrived and I'm feeling the excitement of the world opening up and the possibilities of being able to travel. I simply can not wait to go see art exhibitions in person.

In the studio I have been continuing to work towards more dimensionality in my geometric abstractions. This past spring, I was working with line etching techniques, in my encaustic paintings, engraving lines in the wax, rubbing oil paint into the lines, and scrubbing it off the surface, leaving an atmospheric color wash.

Now I've started painting more purposefully over the wax, layering the wax over the oil paint, and vice versa. This gives the surface more depth and richness. While I have often been inspired by crystal formations, this new work has me thinking of gemstones.

I was excited to be interviewed by "Tique" and online art venue, in their "Six Questions" section. In it I talk about some of my core motivations as an artist. You can read the interview <here>.

As you may know, some of my paintings are made into customized wall coverings by the Milwaukee based design company, <Area Environments>. I was happy to find my work featured in the magazine "Paper City Hueston", as part of a hotel renovation. My painting "Downtown Train" makes an appearance as wallpaper in the kitchens of the guest cottages. Hotels seem to be a theme, as I recently completed two large commissioned paintings for a hotel in Sacramento.

I've got a couple of large pieces in the works for both private and public spaces. If you would like to <commission> a special piece, please contact me. I would be happy to develop a unique work of art just for you.

Here in upstate New York, I helped curate the show "Pop" for the Cayuga Arts Collective at the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts. We have 27 artists (myself included) participating in this exhibit celebrating the Pop Art movement. It's the first in-person exhibit we have been able to hang in well over a year, and we are all grateful to be able to see art exhibited again.

Finally, I've started writing more here on my blog.  This past month I have been profiling art teachers, Joy Adams, Jean Claude Garoute (Tiga), Jules Maidoff, and Eleanore Mikus, who all had a profound influence on my work.

In the coming weeks I plan to write about my approach to collecting art, and the creative process.

To see my most current available paintings, click <here>

Thank you for being here and supporting my art practice. It means so much to me to be able to share my work with you, and I am eternally grateful.

Wishing you all the best,

Domenica