The medium of encaustic is wax hardened with damar crystals and mixed with pure pigment. Use of the medium goes back to several centuries A.D. when the Greeks used it for easel painting and for colouring clay and marble statues.

In the 1950's Jasper Johns revived the medium with his iconic flags, targets, numbers and maps. Since then an increasing number of artists are employing this interesting medium.

The melted pigmented wax is applied to an archival panel, the layers of wax are fused together with a heat gun, and the finished surface buffed with a soft cloth. It is extremely permanent. It should be hung out of direct sunlight, like most artwork. The surface will scratch if handled roughly but otherwise needs no glass or other protection.