alrinnerJan 221 minPacking and Shipping Encaustic Art PanelsAs a follow up to my earlier post about packing and transporting panels (use cloth bags, stack vertically), here‘s what I use for packing...
alrinnerJan 191 minYou Really Only Need 4 Colors. Color mixing using the ZORN palette: You can create a wide range of colors from only 4 colors-red, ochre, black and white. It is called...
alrinnerJan 152 minHow to Make your own Encaustic Paint using Dry PigmentsWhen it comes to encaustic paint, nothing compares to professionally-milled paints from RFPaints or Enkaustikos. But dry pigments offer...
alrinnerJan 42 minHow to pack & transport encaustic paintingsIf you are doing art shows, then you know that packing, protecting and transporting encaustic paintings is difficult. Pieces can easily...
alrinnerOct 18, 20211 minShop local-holiday gifts! See my new Nashville Landscapes- $95 at the FRANKLIN Art Crawl!I'm exciting to be launching my new "Nashville Landscapes," $95 each, in time for holiday gift-giving! Cheekwood, the Natchez Trace,...
alrinnerJun 28, 20211 minTwo shows opening this weekend!My dearest supporters, What a wild ride it's been the last year and a half. I'm grateful to be able to share my new body of work at two...
alrinnerMay 14, 20211 mindance with warm wax: encaustic monoprintsI've been having a lot of fun experimenting with wax monoprints. You can either paint the wax on your plate, use a wax stick...
alrinnerApr 23, 20211 minDid you know that there are over 1000 colors of human skin tone? And no one is black. Or white. Did you know that there are over 1000 colors of human skin tone? This Brazilian artist has been taking photographs of people and matching...
alrinnerApr 20, 20211 minPandemic portraits...“Into the Wilderness.” Available for sale. Tap to view in shop. This pandemic series and is about wanting to escape. Each image has been...
alrinnerApr 20, 20211 minZoom Baby PortraitsHere are the 7 adorable cherubs whose faces will grace a giant zoom screen installation that will be exhibited in Nashville this July....
alrinnerApr 20, 20211 minPortrait of Buffalo Calf, Native Women Warrior, 1876Oh yes, I did...I iron-fused the wax right over her eye. ➡️ She is brave and bold, and so must be her painting...Buffalo Calf Road Woman...
alrinnerApr 20, 20211 minHow to Iron a Cow.Encaustic wax paintings must be heat fused typically using a heat gun or a blowtorch. I like experimenting, and learned how to use the...