Coming out of the doldrums and cleaning up the uglies!

I have some new things to show you today. I've been working on a challenge to incorporate rust as an element in my paintings for a show entry.  The first five are my results.  All of my offerings from today sat in my reject pile for months until I took them in a new direction.

Ghosts of Pointe du Hoc

encaustic, ink, and rust

16 x 16 inches, 2014

First Light #1

Encaustic, rust, shellac

8 x 8 inches, 2014

First Light #2

encaustic, rust, shellac

8 x 8 inches, 2014

First Light #3

encaustic, rust, shellac

8 x 8 inches, 2014

First Light #4

encaustic, rust, shellac

6 x 6 inches, 2014

Finally, this was in a pile of uglies in my studio for the longest time. It has gone from red to blue back to red to purple and finally to turquoise. Is it done? I'm looking to name it. The larger size is a push for me.

Encaustic, mixed media

24 x 24 inches, 2014