R&F Handmade Paints

The 1st of  a series of free encaustic demos for kids was a huge success at the Encaustic Art Institute in Cerillos, New Mexico!  EAI’s Educational Director, Carol Ware and Program Director, Russell Thurston gave a  hands-on demo at the opening of  the “Hot Wax” exhibition, where, as you can see, the parents seemed to enjoy trying encaustic painting as much as the kids.  Move over Hasbro - R&F is coming to town!

Check out these families working with our paints on the Paula Roland HotBox for encaustic  printmaking.

R&F Handmade Paints donated materials for this project, and we look forward to future collaborations with the Encaustic Art Institute.

R&F will be presenting another workshop at EAI this August.  Gina Adams will be the instructor, and it promises to be a wonderful workshop.  For more info, or to enroll, please visit; August 4-8 EAI Workshop

Jerry’s Artarama in Austin, TX will be hosting an encaustic demonstration at their 6010 Interstate Hwy 35 store.  The demonstration takes place from noon - 3pm.  R&F Instructor Gina Adams will be there to showcase this versatile medium and answer any questions you may have.  So stop by and dabble with the paint, find out the answer to that nagging technical question, or just say hello.

For more information contact Jerry’s at 512.420.9359.

Gina Adams work focuses primarily on her mixed heritage of Ojibwe Native American, Lithuanian, and Irish blood lines. Her work involves much research and travel, including language immersion at Turtle Mountain Reservation, and working with Maori of New Zealand and the Aborigines of Australia. She has exhibited across the country, and is represented by Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, New York as well as Mary Harding at the George Marshall Gallery in York Harbor, Maine. She is on the Board of the Maine College of Art. To view additional work by Gina Adams, click here.

Here are some pictures from a special collaboration R&F did with artists Debbie LeBlanc and Roosevelt Madison, two friends who took one of our regional workshops at Majestic Ranch in Texas with Gina Adams.  Debbie lives in Texas, and Roosevelt lives in Los Angeles, so they used the workshop as a way to spend creative time together.

Debbie and Roosevelt wanted to come and work on some larger projects in our facility at R&F, but had such a great rapport with Gina Adams that they brought her along to help them with the technical aspects of their work.  They did enormous poured wax panels which were very exciting to see, and got a massive amount of work done!  It was such a great experience for all involved that they are now planning to make an annual pilgrimage to R&F.

Gina Adams / encaustic on panel

There will be an encaustic demonstration at Jerry’s Artarama in Austin, Texas on Tuesday May 19th from 2 to 4pm.

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