Ready to make your own encaustic wax? You’re going to need some beeswax as well as damar resin, which adds translucency and helps to harden your formula so you can properly blend in your pigments.

At first, Colorado Springs artist Shannon Mello wanted to create 50 organically-shaped encaustic pieces made from plywood.

Photographer Dana Patterson Roth invoked a paraphrased passage from author Fyodor Dostoevsky in explaining why trees are the subject of her latest show: “I don’t know how one can walk by a tree and ...

Kristianne Tefft always knew that she wanted to be an artist. From a young age, Tefft was excited about art, awaiting the days when the “picture lady” would come to her class, showing different ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In the quiet darkness just before morning, LSA senior Ariela Steif leans over her work table.

This undated publicity photo provided by Interweave/F+W Media shows artist Daniella Woolf's piece, "Serviette," in which she adhered various papers, including paper napkins and die-cut shapes, with ...

It was all a misunderstanding. Her husband thought artist Linda Womack left the magazine open to the article on encaustic -- an ancient form of painting with beeswax, resin and pigment -- because she ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — First, the sunny yellow Moroccan tiles with white stars and a matte finish on the backsplash of Judy Joss’ kitchen in the West Plaza caught my eye. Then, while sipping coffee a week ...

A pop of color, a play of pattern. Ever notice the exotic-looking colorful tile in old brownstone entries and wonder what it is? It’s called encaustic tile, and it’s been around since medieval times ...

The idea for a quartet of solo shows at Sandy Carson Gallery (760 Santa Fe Drive, 303-573-8585, www.sandycarsongallery.com) began when owner Sandy Carson decided she wanted to mount an exhibit devoted ...