Collectors don’t always buy art the first time they see it. This summer, a few returning visitors reminded me how discovering art can become a conversation that unfolds over time—and sometimes across hundreds of miles.

A new gallery in Provincetown, my first Tephra ICA Art Festival, an unexpected invitation to Rittenhouse Square, and a few lessons learned along the way.

Two full-circle moments, just weeks apart: seeing my work on GBH’s enormous digital mural and exhibiting alongside an artist whose work I’ve admired for more than 30 years.

This is what I’ve been painting while listening to these two books. If you haven’t read In Love by Amy Bloom or The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, I can’t recommend them enough. Read them close together if you can. They have a lot to say to each other.

One of the oldest painting techniques in the world, encaustic has been around since ancient Egypt — but my approach to it is anything but traditional. Here’s what the medium is, why I work dot by dot, and what makes this process feel completely like mine.