Philip Ross Munro Encaustic Dancers Painting Size:20 x 16 Dwayne Hickman

Dwayne Hickman

The tape recording a lot of people wanted to hear

A French advertisement poster used to promote the electronic company

He smiles confidently—he's not likely to get this question wrong

Philip Ross Munro Encaustic Dancers Painting Size:20 x 16 Dwayne HickmanThis piece by American artist Philip Ross Munro was done using encaustic painting, a technique where colored pigments are added to a hot wax medium and then applied to a surface such as prepared wood. The paint's consistency can be changed by adding resin or oil, but the technique itself is considered to be quite difficult, thus highlighting the skill needed to accomplish such a feat. Munro's use of the wax is evident through the wavy, blurred nature