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.

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 ...

Discover the magic of encaustic painting in this interactive demo designed for curious creatives of all levels. Rooted in an ancient technique dating back to the Greeks and Egyptians, encaustic is a ...

Artist Kim Covell Maurer is captivated by encaustic painting, an ancient, layered art form. Kim Covell Maurer is an artist who loves a good process. When she discovered the art of encaustic painting ...

Though wax is often used for candles and cosmetics, the Priscilla R. Tyson Columbus Cultural Arts Center, or CCAC, is proving it can also be an art form. Artwork from students of CCAC’s Encaustic ...

Encaustic painting — the method of heating wax to create layered and captivating works of art — dates back as far as the fifth century B.C. “Nothing But Blue Skies,” encaustic and mixed media on ...

Jenny Mulkey Bye's favorite room in her new house is her workroom. "The studio is my happy place," says the diminutive artist, who immerses herself in creating abstract, almost three-dimensional ...

A cold New England Saturday found me pulling into a snowy driveway. My destination was an unimposing art studio whose door simply read "Studio 589." Inside, newly sanded light wood floors glistened, ...

Encaustic painting — the method of heating wax to create layered and captivating works of art — dates back as far as the fifth century B.C. "Nothing But Blue Skies," encaustic and mixed media on ...