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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. …
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.

Abstract Encaustic Maps with Layers of Color

There are so many artistic possibilities that are unique to encaustic painting. Achieving these kinds of transparent layers would be difficult, if not impossible, with any other painting medium.  It's the main reason I love encaustic painting…

My Mixed Media Maps- Representing History

Mixed Media Maps- "City of Oaks" We use maps pretty much every day.  Whether they're printed on paper or interactive on our smart phones, they help us understand the direction were traveling.  Try as we might, it's pretty much impossible…