Art by Medium: Encaustic

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 ...

Tracy Spadafora's “Never Vanishing”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of blue, rust, yellow, orange, and brow...

TILL IT'S TIME TO GO, NO. 8, by artist Jeri Eisenberg is green, and soft pink contemporary quad made of Archival pigment ink on Japanese Kozo with encaustic medium, that measures 36 x 44.5 and is priced at $4,200. TILL IT'S TIME TO GO, NO. 8 Edition: 1/12, 2014 *Price differs with top bars only $4000* Jeri Eisenberg works primarily with non-traditional and alternative photo-based techniques. She represses or subverts traditional photography’s emphasis on the representational qualities of the medium, and emphasizes instead the medium’s expressive nature. She employs a strong sense of materiality and seductive surfaces in her work, to evoke sense memories and visceral connections. Her work steadfastly serves as an affirmation of beauty in the everyday natural world, but is tinged with the bittersweet - a reminder of the temporal condition, and an elegy for life. EDUCATION MFA, Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA JD, Boston University, Boston, MA BA, Kirkland College, Clinton, NY SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN 2013 Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA 2012 Wallspace Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA Putnam Gallery, The Dublin School, Dublin, NH 2011 Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA 2009 Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA 2008 Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY 2007 Gallery Saintonge, Missoula, Montana MT Exposed Gallery of Art Photography, Delmar, NY 2006 Julie Kinzelman Art, Houston, TX 2005 Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2004 Lapham Gallery, Glens Falls, NY Siena College, Loudonville, NY 2003 Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY Adirondack Lakes Art Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY 2001 Perella Gallery, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, NY Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID 2000 University of La Vern, La Vern, CA 1999 Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 1998 LRC Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY 1996 Shelnutt Gallery, RPI, Troy, NY SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Multiple Focus: Contemporary Photography from the Collection, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY Summer Portfolio, Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA A Few of My Favorite Things, Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA Rejuvenation, Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburn, VT Have a Nice Day, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID Soft Focus, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2013 Wax is Hot, Amy Simon Gallery, Westport, CT 2012 Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA Snail Mail, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Small Packages, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN Encaustic Works 2012 Invitational, R&F Gallery, Kingston NY Photograph: New Work, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY Deck the Walls, Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston, TX 2011 Fotografias – Colecao Joaquim Paiva, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Women...

Tracy Spadafora's “Mapping”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary watercolor and color pencil painting consists of light blue, yellow, brown, rust, p...

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...

"The Marsh at Dawn" made in 2025 by Regina Quinn encaustic on panel 9 x 9 inches Custom framed in walnut floater frame, 10.25 x 10.25 x 2.25 inches framed. " Beginning with waterco...

SKYLAR FEIN was born in Greenwich Village and raised in the Bronx. He has had many careers including teaching nonviolent resistance under the umbrella of the Quakers, working for a g...

A bright green encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel with yellow in the background and peach along the edges. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Mattera’s pai...

Vibrant mint green and sky blue encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting accented with subtle gold details on birch panel. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Mattera’s painting...

A luminous pale blue contemporary encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel accented with bright coral along the edge of the panel. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Jo...

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...

In this contemporary encaustic sculpture, colorful layers of pigmented beeswax suggest geological formations. Sculpture is on the right side of image in photo of grouping. Laura Mor...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

"After the Thunderstorm" made in 2025 by Regina Quinn encaustic and oil on panel 12 x 12 inches Custom framed in walnut floater frame, 14 x 14 x 2 inches framed. " Beginning with w...

This is a vibrant, crimson red encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel with dark burgundy around the edge and light, golden orange highlights throughout the surface. Si...

Territory Warming #4 is a richly textured encaustic collagraph by Elise Wagner, an artist known for merging scientific inquiry with sensuous materiality. In this abstract composition...

Carrie Goller's (US based) "Quiet Kingdom (Floriferous Dire Wolf)" (2025) is an original, handmade mixed media painting made with oil and encaustic paint. This piece measures 15.75 x...

A peaceful landscape scene is set in shades of atmospheric sky blue with pale yellow and ivory and accented with sculptural elements along the bottom in shades of green in this conte...

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This encaustic artwork is a meditation on ocean plant life, created with molten beeswax, pigment, and crushed gemstones. Marine botanicals radiate in a circular...

Tracy Spadafora's “The Tender and the Delicate”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of pink, blue, brown, and r...

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 ...

A peaceful landscape scene is set in shades of blue with pale yellow and ivory in this oval encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting with oil, pigments from Morocco and India, volcanic...

A vibrant cobalt blue and bright turquoise encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel accented with subtle orange and red details. Signed and titled on verso. Joanne Matt...

"Fern" — mixed-media painting of a fern isolated against a textural blue background by Donise English Oil and encaustic on paper Image size: 16 x 20 inches / Frame size: 21.25 x 25 ...

Tracy Spadafora's “B3”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of light blue-greys, orange, rust, colors, which are...

Contemporary encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting in oil, pigments from Morocco and India, volcanic ash from Ecuador, rice paper, gold leaf, electronic components from circuit boar...

Contemporary, abstract vibrant purple and lavender encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel accented with bright teal blue along the edge. Signed, dated and titled on ve...

Lori Vrba's "Memoir" is a mixed media work created with encaustic photographs on tile, chain and piano bridge. "My recent foray into assemblage work feels like an organic extension ...

In this contemporary painting on panel, light periwinkle blue encaustic (pigmented beeswax) is accented with pale lilac purple edges. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Matte...

Bright pale lavender encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel with pale mint blue in the background and light purple along the edges. Signed and titled on verso. Joanne...

Les Thomas has long recognized painting as a language in its own right, and its diversity in terms of poetic and conceptual messages, exhibited by each individual picture. Les Thoma...

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 ...

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 ...

This is a vibrant teal blue and light green encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel is accented with luminous lime green details along the edge. Signed, dated and title...

Rinat Goren (Israeli, American, born 1964) "Wrapped in Thoughts III" 2019 Encaustic paint on cradled wood panel The artist signed the bottom right corner of the painting. “Wrapped i...

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...

In this contemporary painting, dark red encaustic (pigmented beeswax) is accented with subtle lilac, gray and lavender details and a light purple edge. Signed, dated and titled on ve...

Hesse describes of his work, "encaustic is the perfect paint with which to explore this balance between control and chaos. In trying to wrestle a recognizable image from a fluid and ...

Tracy Spadafora's “Dumpster 508”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of green, rust, white, and brown colors, w...

Tracy Spadafora's “Seek Higher Ground”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of tan, grey, blue, black, and red c...

This is a square, vibrant peach, pink and pale orange encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel with soft periwinkle and pale lilac highlights and light purple edges. Sig...

In this contemporary painting on panel, pale lavender, pinky purple encaustic (pigmented beeswax) is accented with light lilac details in and light teal blue along the edge. Signed a...

In this contemporary abstract painting, vibrant metallic silver and bright teal blue encaustic (pigmented beeswax) is accented with bright blue on the edge. Signed and titled on vers...

Tracy Spadafora's “Display of Beauty”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of pink, grey, dark red, and blue col...

Encaustic, abstracted landscape of a country farm field with autumn foliage "November Light" made in 2024 by Regina Quinn encaustic and oil with wax on panel 12 x 9 inches unframed ...

Tracy Spadafora's “A Place for Thought”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of aqua blues, brown, pink, orange,...

Tracy Spadafora's “Reflective Dumpster”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of dark and light blues, rust, brow...

An unusual encaustic (pigment and wax) landscape cream, pale blue and light yellow accented with teal blue, yellow and orange. The painting has sculptural details along the lower edg...

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 ...

Rinat Goren (Israeli, American, born 1964) "'I' is For Individuals" 2023 Encaustic paint on cradled wood panel The artist signed the bottom right corner of the painting. “I Is for Individuals” is a contemplative piece by Rinat Goren. Rendered in encaustic, the work features a rhythmic field of softly silhouetted human figures interspersed with horizontal bands of warm ochre, rust, and muted red. The palette is restrained yet expressive, allowing form, spacing, and repetition to carry the emotional weight of the composition. Goren’s signature encaustic technique creates a luminous, layered surface in which wax, pigment, and drawing coexist. The figures appear both distinct and anonymous, suspended within a subtle grid that suggests structure, systems, and shared space. Each figure maintains its own posture and presence, reinforcing the theme of individuality within a collective environment. Conceptually, the work reflects on identity, autonomy, and coexistence. The title underscores this tension, emphasizing the singular “I” while situating it within a larger context. “I Is for Individuals” exemplifies Goren’s ability to merge abstraction and figuration into a quiet, psychologically resonant visual language. About the Artist: Rinat Goren is an Israeli-American artist based in California whose contemporary encaustic works explore the relationship between thought, structure, and emotion. Born in Israel and residing most of her life in the U.S., Goren has long been drawn to both observation and creation, translating the complexity of the human mind into layered visual compositions. Her encaustic paintings—formed by applying molten beeswax mixed with pigment—evoke a tactile, sensory experience that reflects her fascination with systems, decision-making, and the creative act itself. She works with geometry, color, and abstraction to celebrate our innate capacity to reflect, choose, and act with intention. Goren’s process is rooted in one of the world’s oldest painting...

Contemporary pigment print 36 x 45.5 inches unframed Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on 4 panels, each panel is 36 inches x 11 inches edition of 12 Jeri Eisenberg's photographs, which capture nature's beautiful moments, are printed on panels of thin Japanese Kozo paper. The paper's translucent quality compliments the image with delicate sophistication. A thin layer of encaustic is applied on top of the photograph panels, creating a matte, smooth surface. Here, four black and white panels combine to depict a sky-scape that could easily be mistaken for an abstract water color due to the style of this negative photograph...

Signed encaustic monoprint, #15 in a series of 20 pieces. Elise Wagner painter, printmaker, and teacher, is a recent recipient of the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant. Originally fr...

Light blue and pale golden yellow encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting on birch panel accented with light orange highlights and pale peach edges. Signed, dated and titled on verso....

Abstract still life photograph of yellow Acacia flowers and green leaves against a white sky background Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on four panel...

This is a vibrant red orange encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting with light reddish orange and faint yellow accents on birch panel. Signed, date...

A deep, bright cobalt blue encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting with light purple and vibrant teal accents on birch panel. Signed, dated and titled on verso. Joanne Mattera’s paintings can be described as lush minimalism, the work is chromatically rich and compositionally reductive. Each painting in the ongoing Silk Road series is a small color field achieved by layers of translucent wax paint applied at right angles. The series, began in 2005, was inspired by the iridescent hues of slubbed silk, hence the title, but very quickly evolved into a more expansive exploration of color. In plying the richness of the encaustic paint against the austerity of a very subtle grid the artist sets in motion a dynamic in which color and texture jostle for primacy. A decade and almost 300 paintings later, the artist is still enthralled with this exploration. Mattera is the foremost expert in the field of encaustic painting and is the founder and former director of the International Encaustic Conference. Her artwork is in the collections of The New Britain Museum of Contemporary Art, US Embassies (Slovenia and Poland), US State Department, Bank of America, and Norwegian Cruise Lines, to name a few as well as numerous private collections. Mattera writes a contemporary art blog, she is a frequent guest speaker and curator and is a member of American Abstract Artists (NYC). The artist lives and works in MA and in NYC. Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The word comes originally from the Greek word “enkaustikis” meaning to “burn in” and the process dates back to the 5th century. The liquid or paste is applied to a surface —usually prepared wood. Metal tools...

A peaceful landscape scene is set in shades of blue with pale ivory in this contemporary encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting with oil paint, pigments from Morocco and India, volca...