In her studio in the Duluth harbor area, Natalie Salminen creates gorgeous masterpieces with her encaustic technique. Encaustic painting is painting with melted and dyed beeswax. Natalie says this ...

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 ...

“One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and went out and bought the materials to begin it.” That’s how American artist Jasper Johns recalled the ...

Coinciding with the recent publication of Encaustic Art in the 21st Century by Ann Lee and Ashley Rooney, which traces the evolution and versatility of the ancient practice of working with encaustic ...

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 ...

At its simplest, encaustic painting is painting with wax, traditionally beeswax. The method was practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th Century B.C.E. The best known encaustic works are ...

Nadine Koski moved to Chattanooga from the upper peninsula of Michigan 33 years ago. Inspired by the snowy scenes from her past, her morning walks in the woods and her love for birds, trees and water, ...

WESTFIELD--For the months of December and January, the encaustic paintings of Francesca Azzara will be exhibited at the Westfield Memorial Library, 550 East Broad Street. The small paintings represent ...

Alicia Nathai-Achong only happened upon the online image of an encaustic painting a few years ago, but that set her on a journey of discovery that has led to her finding her passion for an ancient art ...