Encaustic work by Katsy Johnson of Wilmette
Artist Dan Addington employs rich color and texture on this encaustic work.
An abstract work in encaustic by Michele Thrane
Encaustic piece by Emily Rutledge
The ancient, decorative art of encaustic painting is enjoying a well-deserved renaissance. Today’s artists give a fresh, modern twist to the technique, which involves using pigmented wax fused to a surface by heat. The process harks back to the Greeks, who used it to seal …