It’s Done! Now How Do I Photograph It? If you’ve ever tried to photograph your finished encaustic artwork, you know how tricky it can be. The surface, the shine, the texture—getting it all right in a photo feels like chasing light itself. Let me walk you through my process. When I finish a piece, I… Read More »Photographing Encaustic Art: Tips for Capturing Texture, Color, and Shine
It’s done…..now what? Clean the edges of all drips—I’m a firm believer in properly finishing my pieces and for me that means that the edges are nice and clean of any drips and drops. I know that some artists love that organic feel of showing the process, but generally buyers like clean and finished edges.… Read More »Finishing Details
Why photograph horses? I’ve been thinking a lot about this recently as it became incredibly obvious when spending a week at a dude ranch that I’m not a horsewoman. I didn’t grow up around horses. I didn’t obsess about them as a child. My only real experience with horses was going up to see my… Read More »Horse as Muse
I love my job. I’ve just returned from a week teaching my photo encaustic equine workshop outside of Sheridan Wyoming. Nine of us gathered in this amazing location at the foot of the Big Horn Mountains and spent the week photographing horses and working in the studio. It’s the first time I’ve done a workshop… Read More »Doing What I Love
What Images Work Best for Printing on Tissue Paper? This seems to be the hardest concept for students to grasp. My guess is because when photographing we rarely shoot images against white backgrounds (unless we are using a white backdrop or a cyclorama wall for commercial purposes.) But before we start I need to talk… Read More »Printing on Tissue Paper
Somewhere between Painting and Photography. [The Artistic Image] online class started this week so once again it was time to give my favorite assignment. I ask students to go online and gather inspiration of photo encaustic work that they wish they had created. I ask them to then look at what draws them to the… Read More »Somewhere Between Painting and Photography
I’ve never been one to live on the edge. But this week has been full of edges. I’m just back from an amazing ten days in Oregon (opening the 2016 National Photo Encaustic Exhibition and teaching two back-to-back workshops). Before I left I was fixated on the Oregon coast. Couldn’t wait to get out there.… Read More »Exploring the Edge
The Story Behind Time Slips Away. At its most sublime, art can transport us to a time, a place, a feeling, or a memory. It may be the entire image, or the smallest aspect of the image, but we are reminded of some profound connecting thread; it becomes a commentary on our lives, past, present,… Read More »The Story Behind the Image
Meet Lee Anne White. You know when you’ve been told something over and over that you just blindly believe it? Well, that is exactly what happened as I was first learning and was told that black/dark images are not suitable for encaustic. That the black of the image would become muddled with the addition of… Read More »Student Highlight: Lee Anne White
I’m glad to be out of touch with mainstream camera culture. Don’t get me wrong. I love photography and all that it has to offer. But truth be told, I’m not at all in touch with mainstream camera culture. You can just ask any of my friends whom I’ve traveled with and shot with over… Read More »Out of Touch with Mainstream Camera Culture