Marilyn Fenn Studio

Jetsons’ Holiday
Encaustic on Panel
10″ x 10″

This is the second of my Organics series using encaustic.  I have started several more in this series in oil, and will likely attempt some in acrylic, as well.  And of course, there are all the sketches.
This piece went through quite a few changes during its creation.  That’s one [...]

Happy Together
Encaustic and rice paper on cradled birch panel
10″x 10″ x 1.75″ deep
©2009
Painting in Encaustic: Liberation and Challenge
For about the past year-and-a-half, I have been in a bit of despair over how to continue working in encaustic.
I started using encaustic paints in 2006. Encaustic paint is pigment suspended in a mixture of beeswax and damar resin [...]