I can’t help thinking of Mr. Miyagi when I’m in the studio putting wax on and taking wax off. It may not be the same circular motion that builds muscle memory for karate, but it does have a meditative quality that requires a memory for technique to improve.

It is a tedious process and a repetitive one that makes me wonder why I’ve chosen this particular medium and technique. I’ve decided that it is the laborious method of putting wax on and taking wax off that draws me in. It gives me ample time to think about what the next step in my process will be.

Once the initial additive and subtractive background layer is finished I will put a transparent textured layer over the top and begin the next step. Working on a piece of art is like a good novel, it is the journey through it that is so satisfying that you hate to see it come to an end.