Packing and Shipping Encaustic Art Panels
As a follow up to my earlier post about packing and transporting panels (use cloth bags, stack vertically), here‘s what I use for packing...
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alrinner
Jan 19, 20221 min read
You 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...
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alrinner
Jan 14, 20222 min read
How to Make your own Encaustic Paint using Dry Pigments
When it comes to encaustic paint, nothing compares to professionally-milled paints from RFPaints or Enkaustikos. But dry pigments offer...
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alrinner
Jan 4, 20222 min read
How to pack & transport encaustic paintings
If you are doing art shows, then you know that packing, protecting and transporting encaustic paintings is difficult. Pieces can easily...
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alrinner
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Shop 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,...
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alrinner
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Two 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...
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alrinner
May 14, 20211 min read
dance with warm wax: encaustic monoprints
I've been having a lot of fun experimenting with wax monoprints. You can either paint the wax on your plate, use a wax stick...
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alrinner
Apr 23, 20211 min read
Did 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...
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alrinner
Apr 20, 20211 min read
Pandemic 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...
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alrinner
Apr 20, 20211 min read
Zoom Baby Portraits
Here are the 7 adorable cherubs whose faces will grace a giant zoom screen installation that will be exhibited in Nashville this July....
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alrinner
Apr 20, 20211 min read
Portrait of Buffalo Calf, Native Women Warrior, 1876
Oh 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...
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alrinner
Apr 20, 20211 min read
How 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...
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