Drew Jackson

Encaustic is painting with molten pigmented wax. The encaustic medium is bees wax mixed with Damar resin. The resin raises the melting point of the wax to around 180 degrees. I now use encaustic wax and bees wax together and get different effects due to the different melting points of the two materials. In addition to the two waxes, I use pigmented oil sticks, ink, and even bubble wrap to get textures and patterns.


Some of my work has been compared to Hubble Telescope images while others give a sense of being in a magical world under the sea. In 2017, I focused on responding to the Northern California fires through my art. I never know where the work is headed when I start out. Through the process of creation the image reveals itself.

I also do photographic work but this work also leans towards the abstract.

2009 Gallery on the Green
2010 Graton Gallery
2011 - 2013 Windsor Arts Council
Mendocino Art Center (Multiple member shows)
2013 Frontburner Open Studios
2013 Phantom IV Gallery
2016 Fulton Crossing
2015 - 2017 Resident Artist - Cloverdale Arts Alliance Gallery
2020 Sebastopol Center for the Arts (Fluidity show)