ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOPS & COURSES
For years, I’ve explored how cloth and wax can hold stories—layered, stitched, torn, and rebuilt—reflecting the quiet tensions between tradition, transformation, and wildness. Teaching Cloth & Wax: Weaving Textiles & Encaustics has been an extension of that journey, and it brings me so much joy to share this space with you. Thank you for being here. I hope this becomes a place where you can slow down, reconnect with your hands, and find inspiration in the layered beauty of making.
New Encaustic Workshop
In this class, we’ll explore the poetic intersection of nature, wax, and cloth. You'll learn how to press flowers, create a personal herbarium, make botanical prints from wax, and integrate real plant material directly into your encaustic surfaces.
IN PERSON ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOPS
Wax and Blooms: Botanicals in Encaustic Art
Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock NY
Catalonia Spain Encaustic Retreat
October 12-18, 2025
WAX & WONDER: TECHNIQUES IN ENCAUSTICS
GARRISON ART CENTER, GARRISON, NY
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION & MENTORING
ARTIST STUDIO OR ONLINE
CLOTH & WAX: WEAVING TEXTILES WITH ENCAUSTIC
ARTIST STUDIO, CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON, NY
ONLINE ENCAUSTIC COURSES
WAX & BLOOMS: BOTANICALS IN ENCAUSTIC
LIVE ONLINE CLASS | JUNE 28TH
CLOTH & WAX: WEAVING TEXTILES IN ENCAUSTIC
ONLINE INSTANT ACCESS
PAINTING WITH FIRE 2025-2026
ONLINE COURSE THROUGH ESSENCE OF MULRANNY
I'm an encaustic and mixed media artist located in Cornwall-on-Hudson in the Hudson Valley, that has been practicing and teaching for 20+ years. My work has been shown in both the U.S. and Europe. When I am not painting, I’m teaching. I offer classes at art centers and institutions throughout the year. You can learn more about my online encaustic classes here and my in-person encaustic workshops at my studio here.
Hey there, I’m Alaina