A method of painting using pigments with wax fixed onto the surface by heat.noun
A work of art produced by this process.[From Latin encausticus, from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein (to burn in), from en- + (kaiein) to burn. Some distant cousins of this word are caustic, calm, and holocaust.]
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"However there are just a few lots, mostly in the evening sale, that are to die for, notably a green target painted in encaustic on newsprint in 1956 by Jasper Johns."
Meir Ronnen; The Magic of Greatness; Jerusalem Post (Israel); Nov 4, 2004."Hammond lays on as many as 60 layers of paint, producing a textured surface reminiscent of encaustic, where the paint is embedded in wax."
Exhibit is a Fusion of Anarchy, Exactitude; Orlando Sentinel (Florida); Oct 16, 2004.
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