You can paint with encaustic. You can sculpt with it and layer it. You can heat it so it’s like a molasses smoothy or heat it a little more so it can flow like water. When you add pigment, the colors ...

It was all a misunderstanding. Her husband thought artist Linda Womack left the magazine open to the article on encaustic -- an ancient form of painting with beeswax, resin and pigment -- because she ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In the quiet darkness just before morning, LSA senior Ariela Steif leans over her work table.

A pop of color, a play of pattern. Ever notice the exotic-looking colorful tile in old brownstone entries and wonder what it is? It’s called encaustic tile, and it’s been around since medieval times ...

Leslie Stoner is holding a blowtorch in one hand while we chat in her Green Lake studio. She’s spraying the torch across the surface of one of her paintings and explaining her process: how the flame ...

The idea for a quartet of solo shows at Sandy Carson Gallery (760 Santa Fe Drive, 303-573-8585, www.sandycarsongallery.com) began when owner Sandy Carson decided she wanted to mount an exhibit devoted ...

“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 ...

This undated publicity photo provided by Interweave/F+W Media shows artist Daniella Woolf's piece, "Serviette," in which she adhered various papers, including paper napkins and die-cut shapes, with ...

Denver artist Jamie Lang sold nearly all of his small, handmade tiles during a recent crafts show, and he can only guess the reasons why. The adobe tiles are minimally decorated — with a red bicycle ...

An encaustic piece by Shannon Mello. She made 200 differently-sized shapes for her new show at Auric Gallery, "What I Pick Up Along the Way." (Courtesy of Shannon Mello) At first, Colorado Springs ...

At its simplest, encaustic painting is painting with wax, traditionally beeswax. The method was practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th Century B.C.E. The best known encaustic works are ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — First, the sunny yellow Moroccan tiles with white stars and a matte finish on the backsplash of Judy Joss’ kitchen in the West Plaza caught my eye. Then, while sipping coffee a week ...