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Come to me all ye kinesthetics, and I will give ye wax… Wait, what? No, no let me explain. For the many years I have been studying, playing with, and teaching encaustic painting, I have been drawn to the aspect of encaustic wax which let …

1) The class size is always small and personable, so you get lots of individualized instruction. It’s the nature of encaustic!2) The smell! It’s better than a candle store and healthier too (especially if you’re allergic to perfume)3) The touch: soft, warm, diggable, pourable, paintable. …

When my kids were young, we made presents for each other secretly, to be shared on Christmas morning. Our pile grew and grew until we were sure it would outshine Santa’s, which it often did! We savored the moment when gifts we made with our …

Hello fellow artists! For those of you who have kept me patiently on your roster of art blogs that you follow, thank you! I’ve got some waxy workshops underway for 2019. I have been setting up the Luminous Encaustics Studio at the Screw Factory in …

Come join me in Tucson, AZ, for all new Encaustic and Resin workshops January 27th – February 3rd, 2018 at To Bead True Blue! The weather will be awesome, the company divine, and the creativity will be through the roof at this soul reviving art retreat. I …

As you know if you’ve been following my process, I have been playing and experimenting in my figurative work, which is posted on: SantosAwakening.com I’ll be posting new Santos regularly in my Santos Gallery.  And I’ll be developing workshops from those Santos. Come and visit! -Linda …

I was trying on my linen dress, pinning it up to alter it because it didn’t fit quite right, and threw it onto my linen bed. I laughed because if I could cover my world in linen I would. The lighting was gorgeous because it …

Discovering Art Journaling was for me, like seeing a path, and so the next set of pages in my Art Journal is called “Oui, je vois le chemin!” or “Oui, je vois!” “Yes, I see the path! Yes, I see!” The precious face of the …

I started my art residency chez-moi yesterday, but rather than jumping right into encaustic painting or right into figurative sculpting I found myself launching into Art Journaling.  You know how I love encaustic art, but out of my periphery I have been catching glimpses, really for the …

If your summer is anything like mine, with kids home from college, family reunions, programs and festivals, you might love to find a niche for yourself with a little artistic retreat, or “artist residency” for yourself. My artist friends regularly take residencies in exotic places, …