Flux: Wax in All Forms - Arts Benicia

Sara Post, Juror

Exhibition Dates: June 20 to August 30, 2020

The exhibition showcases the diverse and innovative approaches artists employ to create 2-D and 3-D art with wax including encaustic, cold wax, cast wax and wax sculpture. Click below to enter our virtual, online exhibition. Find more information about each artist using the artist directory below. View all artworks through the online gallery or select thumbnail images below to view larger images of each work.

Thank you to all the poets who contributed to our Ekphrastic Poetry Event
by writing original poetry inspired by an artwork in Flux.
Click here to visit the poetry gallery

Thank you to The Perfect Puree of Napa Valley
for their sponsorship of our online exhibition,
Flux: Wax in All Forms

Juror’s Statement

Highlights From Flux: A Brief Tour
(Juror’s Video Transcript)

About the Juror: Sara Post is a nationally recognized abstract painter currently working in oil and water based mixed media. She is a popular workshop leader, teaching mixed media abstraction at art centers across the U.S. Her paintings are featured in Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts and Conversations by Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin and in the Squeegee Press video series of the same name. She maintains a working and instructional studio, Art 26, in downtown Davis, California. Artwork: Night Window

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Participating Artists

Flux: Wax in All FormsA Virtual Exhibition

Thank you to all the poets who contributed to our Ekphrastic Poetry Event by writing original poetry inspired by an artwork in Flux. Click here to visit the poetry gallery

Thank you to The Perfect Puree of Napa Valley for their sponsorship of our online exhibition, Flux: Wax in All Forms

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Karen Adelaar Smokehouse Encaustic 24″ x 12″ Artist Statement CV

Carrie Baxter Midwest Isolation /HL 46 Encaustic with Oil and Pastel Pigments 24″ x 24″ Artist Statement CV

Kristin Baxter Untitled Encaustic, Paper, Pen, Resin on Encausticbord 36″ x 48″ Artist Statement CV

Deb Peregrine Callahan Late. Again. Encaustic 12″ x 12″

Jane Yuen Corich Crossover Oil and Cold Wax Medium 22″ x 30″ Artist Statement CV

Christine Crockett Variation II / Negative Space Only Oil and Cold Wax on Birch Panel 48″ x 36″ Artist Statement

Christine Crockett Variation V / Hidden Exponentials Oil and Cold Wax on Birch Panel 12″ x 9″ Artist Statement

Melinda diSessa Many Moons From Now Oil Sticks, Cold Wax 16″ x 16″ CV

Elaine Dunham Freedom Middle Oil and Cold Wax 18″ x 18″ Artist Statement CV

Kathy Elliott Slightly Derivative Oil 16″ x 16″ Artist Statement CV

Virginia Fauvre Reflection Oil/Cold Wax on Panel: Diptych 24″ x 48″ Artist Statement CV

Virginia George Rainflower Collage 16″ x 16″ Artist Statement CV

Rinat Goren Organizing My Thoughts Encaustic Collage 30″ x 24″ Artist Statement CV

Katie C. Gutierrez Icarus No. 1 Encaustic Mixed Media: Oil, Watercolor, Ink, Bronze, Sun 10″ x 10″ Artist Statement CV

Amanda Jolley The Third Child Encaustic 24″ x 24″ Artist Statement CV

JuliAnne Jonker Dr. Ndely Oils and Encaustic Paint 24″ x 24″ Artist Statement CV

JuliAnne Jonker Isabella Grace Oils and Wax 16″ x 20″ Artist Statement CV

Rose Kelly Luck Mixed Media Collage with Encaustic 12″ x 8″ Artist Statement CV

Judy Knott One Potato Two Potato Oil and Cold Wax, Oil Pastel, and Collage 20″ x 20″ Artist Statement CV

Helene Latulippe The Hang-Glider Chaps Linocut on Fibreglass Paper Coated with Encaustic 3″ x 9″ (each piece) Artist Statement CV

Helene Latulippe Scope of Shadows III Linocut on Various Paper Gallery Installation, Amos, Quebec Artist Statement CV

Candace Law Gemini Encaustic, Paper on Wood Panel 16″ x 16″ Artist Statement CV

Kachina Leigh Performative Decay Found Objects, Fiber, Abaca, and Wax 14″ x 18″ x 16″ Artist Statement CV

Jenny Long Coast Cold Wax on Panel 18″ x 18″ Artist Statement CV

Mari Marks Japanese Seas Encaustic on Wood Panels 52″x 30″ & 52″x20″ (2 Pieces) Artist Statement and Bio

Elise Marshall Aegean Sea II Cold Wax on Paper 10.25″x 6.5″ Artist Statement CV

Jerry McLaughlin Adobe y Negro (xvi) Oil, Cold Wax, Wood Ash 16″ x 16″ Artist Statement, Bio and CV

Jerry McLaughlin Soneto (i) Oil, Cold Wax, Wood Ash 16″ x 16″ Artist Statement, Bio and CV

Jane Michalski Keeping the Darkness Away Encaustic on Panel, Inkjet Print, Silkscreen, Pastel 20″ x 19″ Artist Statement and Bio

Connie Millholland Abstract I Cold Wax Medium and Oil Paint on Cradled Board 10″ x 10″ Artist Statement CV

Zizelda Moreira Lost My Head Oil/Cold Wax 24″ x 24″ Artist Statement CV

Zizelda Moreira Sliver of a Moment Oil/Cold Wax 24″ x 24″ Artist Statement CV

Chuck Potter The Desert Knows Little About Snow Custom Plasters, Cold Wax, Rust, Paper, Ink on Canvas 30″ x 20″ Artist Statement CV

Regina Quinn Winter Morning Encaustics and Oils over Watercolor on Cradled Wood Panel 6.5″ x 7.75″ Artist Statement CV

Kathy Blankley Roman Enso Reflected Encaustic with Mixed Media 10″ x 10″ Artist Statement CV

Kathy Blankley Roman Sealed in Amber Oil and Cold Wax 20″ x 20″ Artist Statement CV

Jan Schnurr Genovia Ashlyn’s Room Mixed Media: Rust, Various Papers, Teas, Pastel and Wax 36″ x 24″ Artist Statement CV

Melissa Stephens Clouds Beeswax, Damar Resin, Pastels, Shellac and Spray Paint 19.5″ x 25.5″ Artist Statement CV

Stephanie Thwaites The Secret From the River Oil and Cold Wax on Cradled Wood Panel 30″ x 24″ Artist Statement CV

Toby Tover Bordeaux Memory Oil Bars, Cold Wax, Graphite, Plaster on Cradled Wood Panel 14″ x 11″ CV

Cathy Valentine Moving Away Encaustic, Ink, Oil Stick 30″ x 30″ Artist Statement CV

Chris Volker Freefall Alcohol Ink, Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas 24″ x 12″ Artist Statement and CV

Cindy Walton Construct 5 Oil, Cold Wax, Arches Oil Paper, Waxed Lined Thread on Panel 14″ x 14″ Artist Statement CV

Katherine Warinner Crystalline 100 Ink and Cold Wax on Paper on Panel 40″ x 40″ Artist Statement CV

Diane Williams Expansion of the Charred Foundation Oil and Cold Wax on Panel 20″ x 16″ Artist Statement CV

Diane Williams There was Mist on the Sea Oil and Cold Wax on Panel 20″ x 16″ Artist Statement CV

Flux: Wax in All Forms A virtual exhibition

Flux: Wax in All Forms
A Virtual Exhibition

Thank you to all the poets who contributed to our Ekphrastic Poetry Event
by writing original poetry inspired by an artwork in Flux.
Click here to visit the poetry gallery

Thank you to The Perfect Puree of Napa Valley
for their sponsorship of our online exhibition,
Flux: Wax in All Forms

Karen Adelaar
Smokehouse
Encaustic
24″ x 12″
Artist Statement
CV

Carrie Baxter
Midwest Isolation /HL 46
Encaustic with Oil and Pastel Pigments
24″ x 24″
Artist Statement
CV

Kristin Baxter
Untitled
Encaustic, Paper, Pen, Resin on Encausticbord
36″ x 48″
Artist Statement
CV

Deb Peregrine Callahan
Late. Again.
Encaustic
12″ x 12″

Jane Yuen Corich
Crossover
Oil and Cold Wax Medium
22″ x 30″
Artist Statement
CV

Christine Crockett
Variation II / Negative Space Only
Oil and Cold Wax on Birch Panel
48″ x 36″
Artist Statement

Christine Crockett
Variation V / Hidden Exponentials
Oil and Cold Wax on Birch Panel
12″ x 9″
Artist Statement

Melinda diSessa
Many Moons From Now
Oil Sticks, Cold Wax
16″ x 16″
CV

Elaine Dunham
Freedom Middle
Oil and Cold Wax
18″ x 18″
Artist Statement
CV

Kathy Elliott
Slightly Derivative
Oil
16″ x 16″
Artist Statement
CV

Virginia Fauvre
Reflection
Oil/Cold Wax on Panel: Diptych
24″ x 48″
Artist Statement
CV

Virginia George
Rainflower
Collage
16″ x 16″
Artist Statement
CV

Rinat Goren
Organizing My Thoughts
Encaustic Collage
30″ x 24″
Artist Statement
CV

Katie C. Gutierrez
Icarus No. 1
Encaustic Mixed Media: Oil, Watercolor, Ink, Bronze, Sun
10″ x 10″
Artist Statement
CV

Amanda Jolley
The Third Child
Encaustic
24″ x 24″
Artist Statement
CV

JuliAnne Jonker
Dr. Ndely
Oils and Encaustic Paint
24″ x 24″
Artist Statement
CV

JuliAnne Jonker
Isabella Grace
Oils and Wax
16″ x 20″
Artist Statement
CV

Rose Kelly
Luck
Mixed Media Collage with Encaustic
12″ x 8″
Artist Statement
CV

Judy Knott
One Potato Two Potato
Oil and Cold Wax, Oil Pastel, and Collage
20″ x 20″
Artist Statement
CV

Helene Latulippe
The Hang-Glider Chaps
Linocut on Fibreglass Paper Coated with Encaustic
3″ x 9″ (each piece)
Artist Statement
CV

Helene Latulippe
Scope of Shadows III
Linocut on Various Paper
Gallery Installation, Amos, Quebec
Artist Statement
CV

Candace Law
Gemini
Encaustic, Paper on Wood Panel
16″ x 16″
Artist Statement
CV

Kachina Leigh
Performative Decay
Found Objects, Fiber, Abaca, and Wax
14″ x 18″ x 16″
Artist Statement
CV

Jenny Long
Coast
Cold Wax on Panel
18″ x 18″
Artist Statement
CV

Mari Marks
Japanese Seas
Encaustic on Wood Panels
52″x 30″ & 52″x20″ (2 Pieces)
Artist Statement and Bio

Elise Marshall
Aegean Sea II
Cold Wax on Paper
10.25″x 6.5″
Artist Statement
CV

Jerry McLaughlin
Adobe y Negro (xvi)
Oil, Cold Wax, Wood Ash
16″ x 16″
Artist Statement,
Bio and CV

Jerry McLaughlin
Soneto (i)
Oil, Cold Wax, Wood Ash
16″ x 16″
Artist Statement,
Bio and CV

Jane Michalski
Keeping the Darkness Away
Encaustic on Panel, Inkjet Print, Silkscreen, Pastel
20″ x 19″
Artist Statement and Bio

Connie Millholland
Abstract I
Cold Wax Medium and Oil Paint on Cradled Board
10″ x 10″
Artist Statement
CV

Zizelda Moreira
Lost My Head
Oil/Cold Wax
24″ x 24″
Artist Statement
CV

Zizelda Moreira
Sliver of a Moment
Oil/Cold Wax
24″ x 24″
Artist Statement
CV

Chuck Potter
The Desert Knows Little About Snow
Custom Plasters, Cold Wax, Rust, Paper, Ink on Canvas
30″ x 20″
Artist Statement
CV

Regina Quinn
Winter Morning
Encaustics and Oils over Watercolor on Cradled Wood Panel
6.5″ x 7.75″
Artist Statement
CV

Kathy Blankley Roman
Enso Reflected
Encaustic with Mixed Media
10″ x 10″
Artist Statement
CV

Kathy Blankley Roman
Sealed in Amber
Oil and Cold Wax
20″ x 20″
Artist Statement
CV

Jan Schnurr
Genovia Ashlyn’s Room
Mixed Media: Rust, Various Papers, Teas, Pastel and Wax
36″ x 24″
Artist Statement
CV

Melissa Stephens
Clouds
Beeswax, Damar Resin, Pastels, Shellac and Spray Paint
19.5″ x 25.5″
Artist Statement
CV

Stephanie Thwaites
The Secret From the River
Oil and Cold Wax on Cradled Wood Panel
30″ x 24″
Artist Statement
CV

Toby Tover
Bordeaux Memory
Oil Bars, Cold Wax, Graphite, Plaster on Cradled Wood Panel
14″ x 11″
CV

Cathy Valentine
Moving Away
Encaustic, Ink, Oil Stick
30″ x 30″
Artist Statement
CV

Chris Volker
Freefall
Alcohol Ink, Oil and Cold Wax on Canvas
24″ x 12″
Artist Statement and CV

Cindy Walton
Construct 5
Oil, Cold Wax, Arches Oil Paper, Waxed Lined Thread on Panel
14″ x 14″
Artist Statement
CV

Katherine Warinner
Crystalline 100
Ink and Cold Wax on Paper on Panel
40″ x 40″
Artist Statement
CV

Diane Williams
Expansion of the Charred Foundation
Oil and Cold Wax on Panel
20″ x 16″
Artist Statement
CV

Diane Williams
There was Mist on the Sea
Oil and Cold Wax on Panel
20″ x 16″
Artist Statement
CV

Flux: Wax in All Forms
A virtual exhibition