Creating an encaustic painting on a cube requires a bit more patience than a typical 2D painting.  I tend to try to work too fast most of the time, especially when I'm filming a video, and I found that to be more of a problem with this piece.  Luckily, encaustic is such a forgiving medium that no matter what happens, its' fixable.  All the extra drips and bare spots were not hard to redo, even with through the shellac.

This is going to be a hard post.  I suppose that makes sense since the subject matter is so emotional.  Still, I feel it's important to share this, so here I go. My husband's mother recently passed away.  Rather than go into all the details,…