Artists of the International Encaustic Artists (IEA) pair up with artists of New England Wax (NEW) to create collaborative works in encaustic.  Each artist in the pairings created one half of a two panel painting or “diptych” and then completed the dialogue as the work was then sent to the partner artist to create the other half.  

Current & Upcoming Exhibitions on the national tour

Sept 2008

Nov 2008

Past Shows

Two Parallel Exhibitions April 2008

West Coast:

Works completed by IEA artists will show at Brian Marki Fine Art

 2236 NE Broadway, Portland, OR

Exhibition:  April 4 - 30 

Opening Reception:  Friday, April 4 from 6-9pm 

Artist Talk by Laura Kleinman

Saturday, April 5 at 3pm

Kleinman, who has worked, taught and shown in NYC, Boston, and San Francisco discussed her creative path as a printmaker using plates built from wax to the transition into using the wax as the means of expression.  She also elaborated on the involvement of collaborating in The Diptych Project and showed examples of her own work and works by other artists  exhibiting in the project.

East Coast:

See installation and opening reception photos 

Works completed by NEW artists will show at Whitney Art Works

492 Congress Street, Portland, ME

Exhibition:  April 4 -21

Opening Reception:  Friday, April 4 from 5-8pm

Additional Exhibitions Nationally

After The Diptych Project's premiere shows, selected works travelled across the country.

June 2008

Montserrat College of Art in conjunction with 

the Second National Encaustic Painting Conference at 

Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, June 6-8, 2008.  

For information go to  http://www.montserratencausticconference.blogspot.com