Alaina Enslen is a Hudson Valley artist and has been painting and teaching for over twenty-five years. Her work is represented by Carrie Haddad Gallery in Hudson, New York and is included in both private and public collections across the U.S. and abroad.
Working with cloth, encaustic, and salvaged materials, Alaina creates layered collages that merge painting and textile traditions. The cloth she gathers holds memory within its folds—once bound by function and social expectation, but now reimagined into new forms that invite reflection and possibility.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, supported by grants from the International Encaustic Artists and the Luso-American Development Foundation, and featured in publications including Art Spiel.
When she’s not in the studio, Alaina shares her love of encaustics through workshops, retreats, and classes in the U.S., Portugal, Spain and Brazil, guiding students to discover their own voice through material, process, and play.