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Medium: Encaustic
Ex Uno Plures Seven - Contemporary Abstract Geological Encaustic Monotype, 2020
Ex Uno Plures Seven - Contemporary Abstract Geological Encaustic Monotype, 2020

Ex Uno Plures Seven - Contemporary Abstract Geological Encaustic Monotype, 2020

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

Laura Moriarty's Ex Uno Plures 7 is a contemporary encaustic monotype on Japanese kozo paper. Layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight paper create an undulating composition sugges...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Stormy - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue Green, 2024
Stormy - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue Green, 2024

Stormy - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue Green, 2024

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on a scroll of lightweight Japanese paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

A Mineral Exoskeleton - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024
A Mineral Exoskeleton - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024

A Mineral Exoskeleton - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust and geological forma...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Push and Pull - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue, 2025
Push and Pull - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue, 2025

Push and Pull - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue, 2025

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight kozo paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust and geological ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Wallpaper 2: Abstract Green Encaustic Painting of Yellow Flower Petals on Panel
Wallpaper 2: Abstract Green Encaustic Painting of Yellow Flower Petals on Panel

Wallpaper 2: Abstract Green Encaustic Painting of Yellow Flower Petals on Panel

By Allyson Levy

Located in Hudson, NY

Abstract painting with green encaustic and light yellow flower petals on wood panel "Wallpaper 2" made by Allyson Levy in 2020 encaustic and flower petals on wood panel, 24 x 24 x 2 ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Organic Material, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel, Pigment

State of Blue
State of Blue

State of Blue

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. blue teal aqua white yellow orange navy Red green chartreuse It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Ex Uno Plures Eight - Geological Neon Yellow Magenta Pink Monotype, 2020
Ex Uno Plures Eight - Geological Neon Yellow Magenta Pink Monotype, 2020

Ex Uno Plures Eight - Geological Neon Yellow Magenta Pink Monotype, 2020

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

Laura Moriarty's Ex Uno Plures 8 is a multicolored encaustic monotype on kozo paper. Layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight paper create an undulating composition suggesting laye...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Underwater Cave - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue Green Yellow, 2024
Underwater Cave - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue Green Yellow, 2024

Underwater Cave - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Blue Green Yellow, 2024

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on a scroll of lightweight Japanese paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Abandon It All - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2025
Abandon It All - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2025

Abandon It All - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2025

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight kozo paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust and geological ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Foundation 12 - Geological Encaustic Monotype Burgundy Red Beige Green, 2017
Foundation 12 - Geological Encaustic Monotype Burgundy Red Beige Green, 2017

Foundation 12 - Geological Encaustic Monotype Burgundy Red Beige Green, 2017

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

An encaustic (pigmented beeswax) monotype on Kawashi paper. The monotype may be oriented vertically or horizontally. Price shown is the unframed price. Signed and dated on recto. La...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Ray of Light 1
Ray of Light 1

Ray of Light 1

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Flight Pattern - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024
Flight Pattern - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024

Flight Pattern - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust and geological forma...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

"Blue Dumpster", Contemporary Encaustic and Oil Painting on Panel, 18x24 inch
"Blue Dumpster", Contemporary Encaustic and Oil Painting on Panel, 18x24 inch

"Blue Dumpster", Contemporary Encaustic and Oil Painting on Panel, 18x24 inch

By Tracy Spadafora

Located in Franklin, MA

Tracy Spadafora's “Blue Dumpster”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of blue, rust, orange, white and black co...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Oil, Wood Panel

Hushed Moment 1

Hushed Moment 1

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Crops 2

Crops 2

By Mary Long

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Brown, Orange, Blue, Pink, Green, Yellow, Red Mary was born in Ohio and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee since the mid-1990s. Following studies in graphic design and painting, she be...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Mixed Media, Encaustic

Lineto I (Abstract Encaustic and Collage Painting on Linen)
Lineto I (Abstract Encaustic and Collage Painting on Linen)

Lineto I (Abstract Encaustic and Collage Painting on Linen)

By Alaina Enslen

Located in Hudson, NY

"Lineto I" made by Hudson Valley artist, Alaina Enslen, in 2025 Encaustic, dyed fabrics, and paper mounted on panel 36 x 48 x 2 inches unframed, sides reveal raw panel and wrapped fa...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Fabric, Encaustic, Linen, Monotype

Angus 115
Angus 115

Angus 115

By Theodore Waddell

Located in Bozeman, MT

Theodore Waddell was born in 1941 in Billings, Montana, and raised in Laurel, Montana. He studied with Isabelle Johnson, Montana's first modernist painter, before earning a scholarsh...

Category

20th Century Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Oil

"Butch (Floriferous Squirrel)" - Oil and Encaustic Painting on Canvas
"Butch (Floriferous Squirrel)" - Oil and Encaustic Painting on Canvas

"Butch (Floriferous Squirrel)" - Oil and Encaustic Painting on Canvas

Located in Denver, CO

Carrie Goller's (US based) "Butch (Floriferous Squirrel)" (2025) is an original, handmade mixed media painting made with oil and encaustic paint. This piece measures 9.75 x 9.75 inch...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Oil

Monida

Monida

By Theodore Waddell

Located in Bozeman, MT

Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...

Category

1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

Tremendous Years of Recurrence - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024
Tremendous Years of Recurrence - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024

Tremendous Years of Recurrence - Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype, 2024

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on a scroll of lightweight mulberry paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

"Guinness" (2023) by Carrie Goller, Original Oil and Cold Wax Encaustic Painting
"Guinness" (2023) by Carrie Goller, Original Oil and Cold Wax Encaustic Painting

"Guinness" (2023) by Carrie Goller, Original Oil and Cold Wax Encaustic Painting

Located in Denver, CO

Carrie Goller's (US based) "Guiness" (2024) is an original, mixed media painting using encaustic on wood panel which features a side portrait still-life of a sheep. Born and raised ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel

Fields of Gold

Fields of Gold

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Ocean 1

Ocean 1

By Mary Long

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Brown, Orange, Blue, Pink, Green, Yellow, Red Mary was born in Ohio and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee since the mid-1990s. Following studies in graphic design and painting, she be...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Mixed Media, Encaustic

Veil of Dusk
Veil of Dusk

Veil of Dusk

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Stubborn Truth - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Red, 2025
Stubborn Truth - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Red, 2025

Stubborn Truth - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Red, 2025

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight kozo paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust and geological ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Geometric Abstraction
Geometric Abstraction

Geometric Abstraction

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

A unique, beautifully composed, large-scale geometric abstraction encaustic, with fresh colors, on fibrous buff, wove paper; the image extending ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Clarity 2
Clarity 2

Clarity 2

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Pure Joy
Pure Joy

Pure Joy

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Hushed Moment 3

Hushed Moment 3

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Canopy (Lake Lotus): Abstracted Still Life Photograph of Green Leaves on White
Canopy (Lake Lotus): Abstracted Still Life Photograph of Green Leaves on White

Canopy (Lake Lotus): Abstracted Still Life Photograph of Green Leaves on White

By Jeri Eisenberg

Located in Hudson, NY

Abstract still life photograph of green leaves against a white sky background Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on three panels Edition 1/12, 36 x 34 i...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Archival Paper, Mulberry Paper

Silk Road 261 - Aqua Teal Mint Green Yellow Encaustic Color Field Painting, 2015
Silk Road 261 - Aqua Teal Mint Green Yellow Encaustic Color Field Painting, 2015

Silk Road 261 - Aqua Teal Mint Green Yellow Encaustic Color Field Painting, 2015

By Joanne Mattera

Located in Kent, CT

Silk Road 261 is an aqua green and pale yellow encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel with a teal green edge. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Mattera’s pain...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Panel

Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of a Woman

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Neo-Expressionist painting depicts a young woman in luminous light. Encaustic on canvas, 13 x 15 inches. Unsigned. Minor paint loss along right edge.

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape in Blue & Yellow Encaustic by Regina Quinn)
Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape in Blue & Yellow Encaustic by Regina Quinn)

Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape in Blue & Yellow Encaustic by Regina Quinn)

By Regina Quinn

Located in Hudson, NY

Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape of Winter Forest in Blue & Yellow Encaustic) by Regina Quinn 2024 encaustic, India ink, and oil with wax on panel 6 x 6 unframed / 8 x 8 framed "...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

India Ink, Encaustic, Oil, Panel

Milly #5

Milly #5

By Theodore Waddell

Located in Bozeman, MT

Artist Biography: Theodore Waddell, a prominent American contemporary artist, was born in 1941 in Billings, Montana. His artistic journey spans over five decades, influenced by his...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Oil

Lunar Sheep

Lunar Sheep

By Theodore Waddell

Located in Bozeman, MT

Waddell's sophisticated modernist paintings have attracted widespread recognition. A former cattle rancher, Waddell most often paints freely rendered range animals roaming the vast p...

Category

Late 20th Century Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Oil

Autumn Magnolia (Delicate Photograph on Rice Paper of Plum Colored Blossoms)
Autumn Magnolia (Delicate Photograph on Rice Paper of Plum Colored Blossoms)

Autumn Magnolia (Delicate Photograph on Rice Paper of Plum Colored Blossoms)

By Jeri Eisenberg

Located in Hudson, NY

"Autumn Magnolia No. 1" Abstract still life photograph of deep plum Magnolia petals and green leaves against a white sky background Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Archival Paper, Mulberry Paper

#1919
#1919

#1919

By Hiro Yokose

Located in Phoenix, AZ

encaustic on canvas Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veiled landscapes illuminated with flashes of light in the sky a...

Category

1990s Romantic Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic

"Dumpster 7-3911", Contemporary, Abstract, Blue, Encaustic and Oil Painting
"Dumpster 7-3911", Contemporary, Abstract, Blue, Encaustic and Oil Painting

"Dumpster 7-3911", Contemporary, Abstract, Blue, Encaustic and Oil Painting

By Tracy Spadafora

Located in Franklin, MA

Tracy Spadafora's “Dumpster 7-3911”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of bright blue, brown, black and white ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Oil, Wood Panel

Calabria (Abstract Painting)
Calabria (Abstract Painting)

Calabria (Abstract Painting)

By Janise Yntema

Located in London, GB

Janise Yntema’s practice is rooted in the mastery of wax-based media, ranging from traditional heated encaustic (beeswax and resin) to contemporary cold wax and oil stick techniques....

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Mixed Media, Encaustic, Oil, Panel

Hushed Moment 5

Hushed Moment 5

By Amy Van Winkle

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Encaustic on panel. It's simple; I create art because it makes me happy. I try not to overthink the process of what I’m painting and let my intuition be my guide. I love laying do...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Improvisation #64 - Tonalism Landscape Painting

Improvisation #64 - Tonalism Landscape Painting

Located in Boston, MA

Improvisation #64 14.0 × 11″.0× 2.0, 2.0 lbs Encaustic paint Hand signed by the artist Artist's Commentary: "This is one in a series of improvised paintings inspired by the rural area where I live." About the Artist: Missouri artist...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Tonalist Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Along the Bay, Original Painting
Along the Bay, Original Painting

Along the Bay, Original Painting

By James Hartman

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A dirt path cuts between a golden field and the San Francisco Bay, leading to the rolling hills in the distance. Vibrant colors bring warmth to the scenery. Art...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic

Overcast - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Violet, 2025
Overcast - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Violet, 2025

Overcast - Contemporary Abstract Geology Encaustic Monotype Violet, 2025

By Laura Moriarty

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary encaustic monotype, layers of pigmented beeswax on lightweight kozo paper create an undulating composition suggesting layers of the earth's crust and geological ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Encaustic, Archival Paper, Monotype

Winter Berry Diptych: Abstract Encaustic Painting, Dark Red on Beige Background
Winter Berry Diptych: Abstract Encaustic Painting, Dark Red on Beige Background

Winter Berry Diptych: Abstract Encaustic Painting, Dark Red on Beige Background

By Allyson Levy

Located in Hudson, NY

Abstract encaustic painting with brown branches with dark red berries against a light beige background "Winter Berry Diptych" made by Hudson Valley based artist, Allyson Levy, in 201...

Category

2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Encaustic

Materials

Organic Material, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel

Encaustic art for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Encaustic art available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add art created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, red, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Kay Hartung, Amy Van Winkle, Joanne Mattera, and Greg Angus. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Encaustic art, so small editions measuring 0.01 inches across are also available