What is Encaustic Art
Cooking up Wax!!
Encaustic is an ancient form of painting using a mixture of wax and resin. Each layer of the painting is heated to fuse it to the previous layer- ‘Encaustic' literally translates as ‘burning in’.
The wax can be mixed with pigments, oil paints, mixed media objects- photographs, beautiful papers, found or antique objects, rust..the options are limitless.
I became fascinated with encaustic art after seeing the rich textures and depth of imagery created with layers of translucent wax, that cannot be duplicated with any other medium.
The wax can be mixed with pigments, oil paints, mixed media objects- photographs, beautiful papers, found or antique objects, rust..the options are limitless.
I became fascinated with encaustic art after seeing the rich textures and depth of imagery created with layers of translucent wax, that cannot be duplicated with any other medium.