Welcome to Art by EncausticJOY
WAX Art

A Write up by: RoadKala Arts

EncausticJOY: An Encaustic Mysterious Flower

Joy Schank, around 15 years ago when lying in bed after a surgery her mother sent her a

paint by numbers. She quickly finished it and realized that she had fallen in love with the

process. This simple present became the way to calm her overactive brain. She started exploring

different kinds of art online. Then she stumbled upon the art of encaustic painting. The idea

getting to play with wax and not have anyone yell at her for messing up the candles sounded

exhilarating to her. She spoke of the way she loves how the heated wax flows next to each other,

but never really mixes. This is something that awoke a creative spark, in Joy.

With patience, love, and dedication she has practiced hard to control the torched wax. She now

has obvious control, and can make the wax, dance the way she wants it to. Creating her beautiful

artwork, following her curiosity for the encaustic. She now also explores this process on

photography as well. When creating photo encaustics, she adds wax overtop of the beautiful

alpine scenery to create a great whimsy to the landscape.

Going by the artistic name EncausticJoy, and finding inspiration from her alpine adventures. The

mountains are the place where she feels most inspired and at peace. She then takes those new

inspirations home, and expresses what she felt during her adventures in the mountains onto wood

panel. Getting lost in her artwork, adds a feeling of freedom accompanying her while painting.

This worthy process has brought her creations to her family and friends, and now to her social

media accounts where all can appreciate her talent.

Inspired by artists like Frida Kahlo, for being fearless and unapologetic. Joy continues learning

and exploring her skills, now with her series of flowers entitled The Dark Flower Series . These

flowers are encaustic (wax) creations with Swarovski elements, which makes them glisten in the

sun. This gives the flowers a mysterious and elegant side which is great to explore and admire.

We invite you to connect with Joy Schank and definitely take a look at her fantastic work.

Follow EncaustcJOY at;

Website: www.encausticjoy.com

FaceBook page https://www.facebook.com/EncausticJoy/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/encausticjoy/