Making art started primarily as an act of self care.  When my kids were young, finding space to allow for quiet and open-ended exploration was good for my brain/mental health. Working in layers with cold wax was an incredible discovery.  The process, for me, is one of meditation, motion and exploration.  It is a playful, intuitive process to start -- there are so many layers in each painting that the foundation is ultimately largely obscured— leaving me free to experiment with large marks, discordant colors, shapes and writing.  I work several paintings at a time (you need the paint to set up a bit between layers) and this also keeps my work loose and gestural.  Only once the layers have built enough texture and contrast do I work more carefully and specifically- but always aiming to keep the ease of those initial layers.