Encaustic – New Work
A selection of encaustic work … find more by visiting my shop
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- “Marcy’s Green Door”
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- “The Wooltory”
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- “Paper Home”
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- “Milk House”
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- “Bobby”
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- 63 Edmonton
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- “Worn Clean (Through)”
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- “Late, in the Cool”
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- “Evie let her thoughts fly, at noon”
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- “Hen’s House”
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- “Birdsong Sister”
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- “Old Viner”
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- “Someday Swing”
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- “Hens thoughts were her own, on Summer Hill”
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- “Between the curtains and the tall grass”
Encaustic is a paint composed of beeswax, damar resin and pigments. The term “Encaustic” is often used to describe both the paint itself, and the method for using it. Encaustic paint is applied molten to an absorbent surface, and then fused, (or re-melted), to create a variety of effects. Unlike other paints, encaustic is never wet or dry – it goes from a liquid to solid state and back again in seconds, which means additional layers can be added immediately, without disrupting your composition. Once the surface has cooled, the paint has reached a permanent finish, but the painting can be revised and reworked with heat at any time – minutes or years later.
For more on encaustics, visit the R & F Handmade Paints website
