On Sunday, my two friends, Moe and Jodi, came over for a day of encaustic paintings. I transformed my dining room into a makeshift artist studio by placing plastic ... 39;s book, Exhibiton 36: Mixed Media Demonstrations + Explorations. And yes, I should have taken pictures of our encaustic experiments and paintings. Ah well. Now we have an excuse - like we really need one! - for another encaustic get ...

... Once I have chosen the photos, I adhere them to a cradle back encaustic covered wood panel. I make these frames so that I ... 52 inches by 2 inches. Now, to highlight the beautiful texture that the encaustic wax creates . . . . . . .  I rub a dark colored oil paint ... . The oil paint  fills the little dips and depressions in the encaustic wax. Now I wipe off the excess oil paint and the ...

This Saturday, December 5, Blue Tin Studio is offering an encaustic painting class. Encaustic painting uses heated beeswax with colored pigments applied to a surface (usually wood or canvas). The class at Blue Tin Studio will incorporate melting and mixing colors, creating surface techniques and using collage. All skill levels are welcome! The class is from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $65 and ...

In November 2009 I had a big show of my encaustic paintings up at Guardino Gallery (2939 NE Alberta Street, Portland, Oregon). Below is a video tour from the opening reception to give you an idea of what it looked like. If you enjoy it, please pass it on to your friends! The beautiful ceramic sculptures were created by Sara Swink.

... the possible mishap. According to Matt Duffin, he had three words, "melancholy, tranquility, mystery." During the years of experimenting with different mediums, he finally settled with encaustic wax because it has the richest and most saturated black. The childlike subjects in his paintings are influenced by his children. When they leave the room, the objects become the subject that ...

The small group of women who came to my encaustic class last weekend, were totally engaged and lost in the process.  I love it when participants explore process deeply without attachment to outcome, just diving in and seeing what the media can accomplish. This is what happened  everyone meshed  and that wonderful creative buzz of focused, yet playful energy filled the ...

I'm taking classes in the use of encaustic (wax as an art medium) with Lynda Ray, who is an excellent artist with the medium. Check out her site here. There is so much room for experimentation after you have the basics. It's so much fun for me. Since I haven't used this material since I was in University, I'm like a newby and am playing around, learning how the medium works. I' ...

I made a change today, and took an art class myself! I learned how to do encaustic collage. I just want to tell you that I LOVE it!!! I am so excited to get some supplies and go crazy. I used a picture of my boys and some vintage paper. I love the entire process really. I love how this turned out I will keep you posted on how my future projects turn out. Talk to you soon, ...

Here are some pictures from the installation of the "The Alchemy of Encaustic" exhibit currently up at Kilgore College's Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Gallery, 1100 Broadway Kilgore, TX. The show will remain up during college hours through December 10. Artists exhibiting are: Rhonda Daniel, Brett Dyer, Peggy Epner, Nancy Ferro, Carolyn Fox-Hearne, Deborah Houston, Larry Kitchen, Jackie ...

Just wanted to let the group know, my painting "Veiled Construct III", which was shown at the Fine Arts Building show, exhibited in the Beverly Art Center's 33rd Competition and won the award for Best Non-Representational Art! The opening and awards presentation took place on Nov. 6th. It was pretty exciting.