Encaustic boy

This is one of my favorite encaustic pieces I've done to date. I worked and worked on the painting underneath him trying to figure out what to make. Then this boy came out. I love how the texture underneath made the ground look like sand (what I was trying to achieve in color).

He has a good home now, living with a local artist that visits the Art Mill now and again. I'm looking forward to the next encaustic open bar in June. Its so hard to explain the joy of painting with wax but once you try it you will want to try it again and again.

If you didn't know already... we carry R&F encaustic supplies here at the store if you are ever looking for a local source for an amazing product line.

Here is another one of my encaustic creations where I played with blowing it around with the heat gun.