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

Hall 26 exhibit label: This portrait done with pigment mixed with wax, is clearly Greek in style, yet was used as a mummy mask in the Ptolemaic period. From 1978 NMNH slide set caption: "Portrait - ...

He is best known for his encaustic portraits of historical and fictional figures including Rosa Parks, Ophelia, and Malala Yousafzai. Using encaustic, a technique in which is pigment bound in wax ...

Hamilton-based encaustic painter Pamela Caughey can take the heat. Encaustic (an ancient Greek word meaning “burning in”) painting is a process involving the fusion of hot wax, pigment and ...

Encaustic also proved more durable than tempera, capable of withstanding temperatures of over 150 degrees Fahrenheit, which partially explains why the aforementioned portraits, made between 200 ...

Portrait L, which measures 38 by 23.5 centimeters, has a long and complicated history. First discovered by Petrie in 1888, it was legally exported to London the same year with permission from the ...

Discover the Art of Encaustic Painting at Wax & Relax – A Creative Workshop in Toronto Unwind, get inspired, and explore the ancient art of encaustic pain… ...

Discover the Art of Encaustic Painting at Wax & Relax – A Creative Workshop in Toronto Unwind, get inspired, and explore the ancient art of encaustic pain… ...