Today was a good day to paint a shark in encaustic. I created that interesting shark skin texture by painting wax through a stencil, which left a series of raised circles. Once the texture was done,...

Hi everyone! I am working on a new large painting today. How did I get that texture, the grid like lines in the orange area, you ask? I began by painting a layer of grey, fusing it, and then painting orange over this layer.  Then I used a metal tool to scrape out the...

Please welcome a new artist to the Workhouse Arts Center, Building 5, studio 510, named Laura Bruce. To the left is an example of her work, a darling portrait of a gray cat. I will write more about this amazing artist in my next post.

I find the painting, "When She Asked Death to Dance, Angels Came", by Leslie Lee, haunting .  See more and learn more at Leslie Lee's website by clicking here. I love the grimness of the work, the limited palette, and the emotionality. I wonder if the figure under the...

Just took a great workshop titled "Success as an Artist", lead by Catriona Fraser of the Fraser Gallery.  Ms Fraser gives this workshop once a month, to various art organizations and art spaces. If you are an artist living in the Washington Dc area, you might find...

Here I am, sitting in a doorway at Artomatic Frederick and noticing the art around me. I spot this small, 5"x7", photo. It is titled ,"The Infected Are Coming". I like the mystery of the work, the limited palette, and the implied Zombie invasion. Plus, it only costs...