Encaustic Artworks

The official  description of photo-encaustics is as follows:

“Encaustic, meaning “to burn in or fuse”, is an ancient painting medium first practised by Greek artists as far back as the 5th century B.C. The oldest known pigment binder, encaustic combines molten beeswax with dry pigment and tree resin. The “caustic” part of the term indicates that heat is used to melt and blend the layers of wax into a unified piece. “

The end result is a one-of-a-kind original artwork filled with texture and depth. Using beeswax, resin and pan colours to encapsulate and enhance original photographs to build on texture and colour adds another level of depth and an emotive layer to my equine photographic work.

Each Encaustic artwork displayed in my portfolio is available as an original artwork, with an addition option to have your piece hand framed.