Art in Wax by Anne Kent & Ann Neale

Welcome to the Art in Wax website.

We are two artists who live in the beautiful county of West Sussex in  England.
We paint in  beeswax, an art form known as Encaustic Art.

We both really love all the different styles that can be produced in wax and especially the vibrant colours.  Every picture is an adventure to paint!

We do hope you will enjoy looking at our pictures.  We will be adding more soon!

As well as pictures for sale we also produce greetings cards which are all originals (not prints).

Encaustic Art

Encaustic Art (meaning burn in) was first practiced more than 2,500 years ago by the Egyptians and later by the Greeks and Romans to paint murals. The pigmented waxes were heated and could be painted on many surfaces including plaster, canvas, paper and wood.

Encaustic Art as we know it today, usually involves applying the coloured wax to the sole of an iron and smoothing it over your chosen surface. The molten wax is moved around the surface with the iron to create the art work.

Because of the nature of the technique no two original designs are the same.
Your piece of Encaustic art is unique!