Water Soluble Encaustic

I was introduced to water soluble encaustic paints by Eleanor Crook and I fell in love with them as a versatile paint that I can take with me out of the studio. I am still exploring what they can do and how. Read about the rediscovery of water soluble encaustic paints here. (link leaves site)

  • Chicken of the woods polypores.

    Chicken of the Woods

  • White orchids with pink markings.

    White Orchids

  • A cluster of ghost pipes with a bee.

    Ghost Pipes

  • Painted and sculpted wrinkled peach mushrooms in various stages of life.

    Wrinkled Peach Mushrooms

  • A square painting of yellow chanterelle mushrooms with wax sculpture versions of the same mushrooms growing out of the bottom right corner.

    Chanterelles

  • The jaw of a human skull with a large bunch of yellow oyster mushrooms growing where the rest of the skull would be.

    Thoughtful

  • A pork bone and a chanterelle.

    Mushroom and Bone Study

  • The remains of a lamb roast posed with a small bunch of meadow flowers

    Leftovers

  • A skull posed with a brain in a jar.

    Anatomy

  • A pile of assorted mushrooms and a leg bone. Mushrooms are lobsters, chanterelles, field mushroom and a wax cap.

    Foraged