Starts on: July 6, 2026 @ 10:00am
Encaustics: Flowers and Wax
Register Now:Monday & Tuesday, July 6 & 7, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Whatever your relationship to flowers—whether you’re an avid gardener, a giver or receiver of bouquets, or someone with a creative eye—we are excited to offer this playful workshop inspired by summer blooms and the ancient medium of encaustic. Join Artist Helene Farrar to explore this hot molten wax painting medium as you drip, pour, drag, layer, heat, and scrape to create richly textured works.
In developing a wide variety of effects and textures, we will observe and draw inspiration from summer flowers in the garden for their form, gesture, and color. Class time will be divided between demonstrations and individual work time. Proper studio ventilation, wax safety, and how to finish encaustic artworks—including framing and care—will also be covered. Students will leave with multiple finished pieces and a renewed sense of creative energy from this dynamic workshop.
Instructor Bio(s)
Helene Farrar has taught and worked in the visual arts for twenty-five years while actively exhibiting in commercial, nonprofit, and university galleries in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Italy, and England. Farrar has a BA in Studio Art from the University of Maine and a Master’s of Fine Art Degree in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in Vermont. Hélène currently works out of a sun-filled studio in Tenants Harbor.
Her career as a Teaching Artist has spanned the state, working with both young novices and fellow professional artists from the formal classroom and beyond. Helene has taught encaustics at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, the International Encaustics Conference, the Farnsworth Museum and Museum and the Sedona Art Center.
Materials Fee for Instructor for 2 days: $48.