Ready to make your own encaustic wax? You’re going to need some beeswax as well as damar resin, which adds translucency and helps to harden your formula so you can properly blend in your pigments.

Ember St. Amour is a reporter for the Midland Daily News, covering Midland County government and writing the weekly Business Matters feature. A recent graduate of Ferris State University, she brings ...

Carrollwood Cultural Center exhibition is called "Encaustic Impressions: A Florida Wax Show." The ancient medium dates to the Greeks. Encaustic means "to burn in." TAMPA, Fla. - A new Carrollwood ...

Kristianne Tefft always knew that she wanted to be an artist. From a young age, Tefft was excited about art, awaiting the days when the “picture lady” would come to her class, showing different ...

Artist Kim Covell Maurer is captivated by encaustic painting, an ancient, layered art form. Kim Covell Maurer is an artist who loves a good process. When she discovered the art of encaustic painting ...

“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 ...