Clair de Lune ink and gouache on Arches paper He begins each painting by

He begins each painting by taping off one or more horizon lines

Seeing and looking

each dot/circle is covered with clear encaustic medium

and delicate and rough-hewn lines

To begin each work

Clair de Lune ink and gouache on Arches paper He begins each painting byThe images Yntema creates are the result of accumulated, semi translucent layers of color. The beeswax gives a dimensional quality to whatever surface she paints on. Despite the buildup of layers, the qualities of the wax also imbue an ephemeral lightness to the pictures, as light is allowed to pass through the top layer to illuminate the layers beneath. The process of creating these pictures is slow and deliberate, and that sense of the building up