Patricia Busso is a Boston-based artist whose work explores the intersection of nature’s inherent randomness and the expressive potential of layered, mixed-media painting. Her artistic journey began unexpectedly in 2001 during a month-long retreat in the remote woods of British Columbia. After her camera broke on the first day, she turned to painting with acrylics on found wood, a spontaneous shift that transformed her creative path and continues to inspire her practice today. While she began with acrylics, Busso now works primarily in encaustic, a medium that allows her to build luminous, layered compositions rich with texture and depth. She embraces the unpredictability of the fusing process, finding beauty in chance and imperfection. Her work often reflects her deep appreciation for the natural world: the spontaneous arrangement of trees, the irregular geometry of countryscapes, and the confident asymmetry of branches and blossoms. In her studio, Busso channels the “beauty of randomness” through intuitive mark-making and experimentation. She frequently layers and scrapes away wax, paints over previous compositions, and wields a torch to alter the surface in surprising ways. The result is work that merges intuition, imagination, and technical control into something distinctly her own. When she’s not painting, Patricia teaches high school mathematics, a discipline that, like her art, balances logic with creativity and pattern with intuition.