WATCHUNG, NJ -- The Watchung Arts Center, 18 Stirling Road, opens two shows in September. "Encaustic Wax, An Ancient Medium Rediscovered" opens in the upper gallery on Wednesday, Sept. 9, and runs ...

Much of her work is encaustic mixed media; the method uses heat, wax and pigments in a manner that traces back to ancient civilizations. Review. L.A. artist Alexis Smith upended taboos.

Encaustic painting — the method of heating wax to create layered and captivating works of art — dates back as far as the fifth century B.C. "Nothing But Blue Skies," encaustic and mixed media ...

Encaustic painting, an age-old art form, combines beeswax, resin and pigment to create luminous, textured artworks. This ...

Outside of ancient practitioners, one notable encaustic painter is Jasper Johns. Caughey uses encaustic and other mixed media, “to create tension between the chaos of the process and the calm of ...

MOVEMENTS WITH MEANING -- In September, Susan Ahlstrom, mixed media artist and sculptor, has a solo show in the lower gallery at the Watchung Arts Center, 18 Stirling Road, Watchung. Ms. Ahlstrom ...

Artwork from students of CCAC’s Encaustic Mixed Media class — which teaches a form of painting that uses wax and resin to create a textured effect — will be on display in the center’s Loft ...

Much of her work is encaustic mixed media; the method uses heat, wax and pigments in a manner that traces back to ancient civilizations. The importance of cultural identity and community-building ...

The mixed-media pieces “Rain Dance 1” and “Rain Dance 2” pay homage to her grandmother and to the artist’s Afro-Indigenous roots (which come from both sides of the family).