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Gallery director Elizabeth Gunter
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Bruce Campbell Size:Planet | Encaustic Art Gallery director Elizabeth GunterABOUT THE ARTIST How Do I Make Encaustic Art? In ancient times, the Greeks discovered that they could waterproof their ships using beeswax, hardened with damar resin (pine pitch). The oldest surviving encaustic paintings are the Fayum mummy portraits, dating from Egypt in the 1st Century BC. Encaustic art is durable! When I work, I simply use a pancake griddle to melt the beeswax damar resin mixture. The wax mixture, along with pigment, if desired, is