Art by Medium: Encaustic

Gary Wolfe works in painting, drawing, monotypes, video, and mixed media. Coming from a family that has roots in Western New York reaching back at least four generations, he was born...

Tracy Spadafora's “Dumpster 45196”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of blue, rust, white, brown, and orange ...

Suzanne Truman was born In Phoenix, Arizona; raised on farms and ranches in Arizona and California until her Family moved to Kentucky when she was 15. She returned west after attendi...

Artist Statement: Painting is a meditation and a kind of alchemy in which I concentrate and transform my feelings and memories into something material that can be experienced in var...

Stoneware clay and encaustic

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...

Encaustic and oil with acrylic frame 1/1, While experiencing the flow and drips of molten beeswax and the partial mixing of blue, cyan and purple in Pool Lights, calm is created wit...

My work is a visual and increasingly literal patchwork quilt containing little and big pieces of myself and the archetypal imagery developed over the course of my practice. Within the paintings are vintage bed sheets...

Abstract still life photograph of a magenta cana lily flower on a white sky background Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic Edition 1/12, 36 x 22.5 inches...

Abstract still life photograph of a magenta cana lily flower on a white sky background Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic Edition 1/12, 36 x 22.5 inche...

Abstract still life photograph of yellow flowers against a white sky background Photograph printed on Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on four panels Edition 3/12, 36 x 45....

My work is a visual and increasingly literal patchwork quilt containing little and big pieces of myself and the archetypal imagery developed over the course of my practice. Within t...

Series: Plunge Triptych Oil and encaustic Size: 80" x 108" (36" x 80" each panel) Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with paper, enc...

My work is a visual and increasingly literal patchwork quilt containing little and big pieces of myself and the archetypal imagery developed over the course of my practice. Within the paintings are vintage bed sheets...

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 blue and white panels...

Contemporary pigment print 36 x 34 inches unframed Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on 3 panels, each panel is 36 inches x 11 inches edition of 12 Jeri Eisenberg's photo...

Contemporary pigment print 36 x 34 inches unframed Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on 3 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, three blue and white panels...

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 pho...

Abstracted landscape sepia toned photograph of clouds and sky on 3 panels Japanese Kozo paper infused with encaustic on 3 panels, each panel is 3...

Lisa Pressman earned her BA in Art from Douglas College, Rutgers University and an MFA from Bard College. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, incl...

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...

Encaustic and oil with acrylic frame 24x79.5 each, $6500 each (2 panels) This Painting will be shipped directly from the artist's studio.

Series: Woven Woods Encaustic and Oil Shellac With Silver Floater Frame Size: 30" x 40" Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with pape...

Lisa Pressman earned her BA in Art from Douglas College, Rutgers University and an MFA from Bard College. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad, incl...

Tracy Spadafora's “Dumpster 508-877”, is from her series “Left Behind: Visual Histories”. This contemporary encaustic and oil painting consists of light blue, rust, yellow and black ...

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 ...

Lori Vrba's "Tic Toc" is a mixed media work created with encaustic photographs, silver gelatin test strips, test tubes, in a vintage box . "My recent foray into assemblage work feel...

An original encaustic monotype on paper by American female artist Beth Pedersen created in 2015.

Edition of 8 Fixed is a series of photographs made by Rachel Phillips' alter-ego Madge Cameron: Until this project, Madge Cameron (b. 1935) had always seen photography as a sep...

Edition of 8 Fixed is a series of photographs made by Rachel Phillips' alter-ego Madge Cameron: Until this project, Madge Cameron (b. 1935) had always seen photography as a sep...

Series: Beehives Beehives, Encaustic Beeswax, Fabric, Beehives Size: 18" x 46"/ 46" x 18" Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with pa...

My work is a visual and increasingly literal patchwork quilt containing little and big pieces of myself and the archetypal imagery developed over the course of my practice. Within the paintings are vintage bed sheets...

My work is a visual and increasingly literal patchwork quilt containing little and big pieces of myself and the archetypal imagery developed over the course of my practice. Within the paintings are vintage bed sheets...

My work is a visual and increasingly literal patchwork quilt containing little and big pieces of myself and the archetypal imagery developed over the course of my practice. Within the paintings are vintage bed sheets...

Encaustic on panel

Pressman works in various media. The oil paintings require a different approach as they dry more slowly than the encaustic work. As such, the oils sit with the artist often for month...

Encaustic on board

Encaustic on wood panel, framed.

Series: Wax Weave 1/1 Beeswax, reclaimed paper, and silk on wood panel Size: 36" x 40"

Series: Untitled 2 1/1 Encaustic and Oil On Wood Panel Size: 30" x 40" x 2" Using unconventional hardware - a blow torch, iron and other heated tools - along with paper, encausti...

Encaustic and oil with acrylic frame 1/1 The contrasting deep blues and bright reds underlying a lattice of wax are reflective of the topography of a natural landscape. The fluid mo...

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Deep purple flowers and red berries emerge from a nightshade plant. The wax-infused background adds a smooth texture and natural elegance to this botanical en...

Encaustic on canvas Eter Merkviladze is a Georgian female artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was graduated from Robert Schuman...

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 ...

Kim Amell is a contemporary encaustic & oil painter based in Banner Elk, NC. She began her artistic career painting murals, custom art and designing interio...

Tony Scherman (1950 - 2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax an...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tony Scherman (1950-2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is internationally renowned for his work in encaustic (a mix of wax and oil, one of the most...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

"Cleopatra 9" consists of 9 separate unique one of a kind canvases featuring women that have portrayed Cleopatra over the years in Film and on stage. From Theda Bara...

"The Eye of Chuck Close" by Ceravolo is acrylic oil stick and encaustic paint on two layers. The top lay is set about 1/2 inch in front of the bottom layer....

How Old Am I? – Encaustic and Oil Panel by Arminée Chahbazian (2015) Oil & encaustic on framed wood panel, 12 × 12 in, 2015 In How Old Am I?, Arminée Chahbazian fuses oil and en...

Ceravolo's "Triple Chuck Close", Combines Acrylic, oil, encaustic, moveable steel grids and Archival Pigments on canvas mounted on board. The viewer can sli...