I Googled “encaustic artists” and one of the first entries was Toni Scherman. THe above work is titled  “Simone as Slave” and was created with encaustic and cornmeal on a large,48" x 45", canvas. This piece is part of his “About 1865” series and is quite powerful and...

This painting  by Meagan A Irving is titled “Fur Boat” and it is encaustic with oil on canvas with fur, 6”x8”. Here is what she has to say about this extraordinary painting and the process of painting in encaustic: “When I first started to work with wax I was very...

Above is the encaustic painting  titled “Earth's Abundance”,12x14", by Marilyn Banner. I love the blues and greens in this picture. There is a quietness and beauty to this landscape. Concerning the artist... “Marilyn Banner is an artist and arts educator with more...

Above, see Angela Wood’s magnificent  encaustic painting titled  “Cliffs of Mohr, Ireland #1”. It is a small work, only 8" x 10", but it sure packs a punch! Angela Wood says this about her encaustic ( and mixed media ) art : “The concept of the many layers of our life...

Lucy Kirkman is an emerging artist who just graduated from Cooper Union in New York and now is painting in France with the help of a grant. Her above painting was part of her fourth year show at Cooper Union, titled “Bodies and Pleasure”. This painting is of her own...

I just love this piece, a detail from “The Angel of Death Descends on Shaddad Ibn Ad” from the Falnama. It is watercolor and gold on paper, and is part of a show, titled “Falnama:The Book of Omens” at the Arthur M Sackler Gallery in Washington , Dc. Here are the...