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Catalina Encaustic Map Painting with Shellac Burn

  Whew, this has been a crazy couple of weeks!  I opened my studio, started a local artist meet up, updated my youtube channel, and of course worked on some pretty awesome pieces of art, including this Catalina encaustic map painting. …

Hand Bound Encaustic Journal

My husband and I were on a weekend trip in Asheville, NC, a few years ago and spent quite a bit of time walking through the local art galleries and shops.  There were so many amazing pieces that inspired me after that trip, but the piece that…
encaustic and alcohol inks

Encaustic with Alcohol Inks and a Dry Shellac Burn

It's been a long time since I've created an encaustic with alcohol inks, but I was inspired recently to take them out and play with them again.  It is fascinating to watch the way the inks interact with each other.  The alcohol gives so much movement, creating a look within your painting that you don't have much control over.  You simply have to watch the way everything settles, and try to add or take away little bits at a time.
Wax cube close up

Encaustic Map Cube

I've been so obsessed with maps lately that I can't stop painting them.  I think it's mainly because they have so much meaning.  A map is essentially just a picture of straight and curved lines.  But if you recognize the place it represents,…
The Outer Banks Encaustic

Using a Stippling Technique to Build Texture in Encaustic Art

This painting was a study in problem solving for me.  I knew what I wanted, but I didn't know how to get there.  However, through my brainstorming and experimenting, I found and used some new and effective techniques that I absolutely fell…
historical encaustic

Raleigh Past and Present- Encaustic Map

In this Encaustic map painting I've combined two maps of Raleigh.  The first is a map from July 1797- "Plan of the City of Raleigh with all the improvements & all the Numbers july 1th, 1797".  This is a plan for Raleigh's downtown.  I printed it and used gel medium to adhere it to the wood board.  Once I added a few layers of wax, I used a clay tool to make lines in the wax over the block squares, then filled them with burnt sienna oil paint.