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My Vermont Encaustic Retreats: 12 More Reasons to Join Us This Summer

Over the years, I have answered many questions regarding my VT Encaustic Retreats and I've also made a few discoveries from my frequent visits, so I decided to compile them into this handy list. If you're on the fence, hop over that pesky thing & join us!

The planning of my Vermont Encaustic Retreats started in 2017, but between Covid and other anomalies, the first Retreats were held in Summer, 2021. They quickly filled with long waitlists, participants itching to get out of their homes to commune creatively in nature with other like minded artists. I’m so thankful to the fabulous instructors I’ve co-taught with each year and I’m so excited to…

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The 4 Most Common Encaustic Painting Woes & How to Fix Them

Encaustic is an amazing painting medium and I'm sad when I hear that artists have given it up because of a problem that could have easily been fixed with knowing only one useful tip. If you're having painting bothers, read on for the rescue.

I’ve been teaching encaustic painting since 2005 and throughout my teaching I have noticed four major recurring issues, problems and mistakes that many (beginner to advanced) encaustic painters encounter. Application, temperature, translucency and fusing issues are the infamous four problems. Even more of a problem is that these issues are difficult to pinpoint as some beginning painters may…

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NEW! Virtual Encaustic Workshop: Beyond the Basics

NEW! Virtual Encaustic Workshop: Beyond the Basics

If you could say it with words, there would be no reason to paint. –Edward Hopper Beyond the Basics Encaustic PaintingA Live Virtual Zoom WorkshopRegistrants will receive a Zoom link to join the workshop & will have access to the recorded sessions for a limited time following the workshop. Limited to 10 participants!Level: Intermediate to Advanced When3 Days-April  5, 7, 12, 20221:00pm-3:30pm…

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Workshops, Workshops, Workshops... My 2022 Encaustic Workshop & Retreat Schedule

Workshops, Workshops, Workshops… My 2022 Encaustic Workshop & Retreat Schedule

2022 VIRTUAL ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOPSBASICALLY THE VERY BASICS ENCAUSTICLive Zoom WorkshopJanuary 6, 2022, 1:00-4:00PM ESTWORKSHOP WEBSITE COMING SOONBEYOND THE BASICS ENCAUSTIC: LAYERS, TRANSLUCENCY & COLLAGELive Zoom WorkshopApril 5, 7, 12, 2022 1:00-3:00PM ESTWORKSHOP WEBSITE COMING SOONPAINTING WITH FIRE ONLINE ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOPS WITH ESSENCE OF MULRANNY26 Instructors/52 Lessons for One Low Price…

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Exploring Landscape Through Photography, The Figure & Encaustic: An Artist Retreat

Exploring Landscape Through Photography, The Figure & Encaustic: An Artist Retreat

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost So grateful to Hahnemuhle Papers for partially sponsoring this workshop! So grateful to R&F Paints for partially sponsoring this workshop!!! What Exploring Landscape Through Photography, The Figure &…

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Workshop Highlight: Exploring Landscape Through Encaustic, Mark-Making and the Handmade Book

Join me in July for a unique encaustic workshop opportunity at Wild Rice Retreat, located on the shores of Lake Superior just outside beautiful Bayfield, Wisconsin.

When: July 11-15, 2021 Check In: Sunday, July 11th, 2021 | Check Out: Thursday, July 15th, 2021 Tuition + Meals: From $1004 per personWith RicePod Lodging Package: From $2,083 per personWith Nest Lodging Package: From $2,372 per personWith TreeHaus Lodging Package: From $1,671 per person Visit Wild Rice Retreats for Information, Supply List, Images and Registration Use discount code…

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Exploring Landscape in a Live Virtual Encaustic Workshop

With the pandemic keeping us all close to home, its more important than ever to be able to find inspiration literally in your own backyard or close-by. I highlight the live, virtual encaustic workshop I am teaching July 12-16.

I’m grabbing my paints and jumping on the virtual teaching bandwagon along with so many of my esteemed teaching artist colleagues. I still, and with excited anticipation, very much intend to honor my in-person teaching workshop contracts coming up later in the year. But it is with equally excited anticipation that I highlight the quickly approaching live, virtual encaustic workshop I am teaching…

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The Importance of Contrast

When I think of visual contrast, especially as it pertains to painting, the first thing that comes to mind is light/dark, but contrast is so much more than that.

I am on the tail end of my Second Annual Self Made Artist Residency in Florida and unfortunately, a bout of the flu set me back a week in my plans, so I’m afraid that a lengthy blog post isn’t in the cards. However, a valuable lesson is…

While a good part of this residency is reserved for time to paint, read, write, rest, I also spend a lot of it hiking and taking photographs for painting…

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