Dora Stork is a Hungarian contemporary artist whose practice explores the dialogue between matter, energy, and perception through the ancient medium of encaustic wax. With a background in economics and cybernetics, she approaches painting as a self-organizing system — each layer reacting to heat, time, and intention until equilibrium is reached. Working with beeswax, carnauba, and shellac, transformed by controlled fire, she creates surfaces that retain both physical memory and inner vibration. The process is alchemical: fire leaves its trace as light, and texture becomes a record of transformation. Her latest series — Thermal Bloom, Photosynthetic Pulse, and Tidal Resonance — follows the elemental cycle from heat to light, from light to life, and from motion to calm. Each painting embodies a different phase of this continuum: the birth of energy, the rhythm of organic growth, and the serenity of return. Through these works, Stork seeks to reveal how the same forces that shape the natural world also define human experience. The molten wax, once fluid, solidifies into form — a reminder that every act of creation is both emergence and stillness. Her paintings invite viewers to sense the resonance beneath the surface, where material, light, and thought converge into a living resonance.
