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Encaustic Circle Newsletter - February 2010
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Greetings!
 with the Olympic Winter Games 2010 over, Canada is turning back to normal, sort of... Canadians cheered their hearts out to fire on their athletes, who were supposed to "Own the Podium", a very un-Canadian slogan which was much criticized. But owning the podium they did, with the most gold medals ever and wonderful athletes like Joannie Rochette, Alexandre Bilodeau and Sidney Crosby. For years to come people will ask each other:
"Where were you when Canada won the Olympic gold medal in hockey?!"My answer would be: I was teaching an Encaustic workshop in Kelowna...;-))
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Encaustic on the Road: Naramata Elementary School
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 For the second year Encaustic was part of the Naramata Elementary School Art Conference.
The school invites local artists to share their craft with the kids
from as young as Kindergarten. Some of the themes were abstract
painting, portraits, gesso texturing, embossing, pottery, film making
and mosaic.
For Encaustic I asked that the students be at least in 3rd. grade.
Afterall, we are working with hot implements and it would be hard to
keep the little ones safe. It was great that I was able to enlist the
help of two local fellow Encaustic artists Linda and Jane. Look at these cool kids enjoying hot wax!
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Upcoming Events/Projects/Workshops/Circles in the Okanagan
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March 8 I'll be in Coldstream, near Vernon, to teach two 3 hour basic workshops: one in the afternoon and one in the evening.
Contact Joan Rowan to sign up (only 2 spots left!)
March 13, in Naramata: a daylong workshop on how to make your own medium and pigmented waxes.
Contact Peggie Collins to sign up.
March 19, in Okanagan Falls: a daylong workshop on Image transfer and Using Stencils
April 17 + 18, in Naramata: 2-day Hotplate workshop
Contact Peggie Collins to sign up.
September 9/10 and 11/12: It's an official fact now! Hooray!
Encaustic artist and teacher Linda Womack from Portland, OR, will teach two 2-day workshops in Okanagan Falls! Linda is the author of Embracing Encaustic: Learning
to Paint with Beeswax.
Workshop fee for the two days is $245.00, which includes most supplies + GST. Both workshops are almost fully booked, but I do have a few spots left.
Email me and I will forward you the Registration Form.
The 2010 schedule is on my website. More workshops and events will be added throughout the year.
Unless stated otherwise contact me for info and to sign up.
(Photo: Example of Using Stencils)
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Coming up: workshops in Richmond, B.C.
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 I'm very excited that I will be traveling to Richmond to teach two workshops April 24/25. The first one is a closed event at the studio of AFCA painter Adrienne Moore, but you can sign up for the second one, organized by contemporary Canadian artist Jeanette Jarville.
The workshops will cover the basic techniques on how to use the painting iron,
printing techniques, use of sponges/palette knifes/stylus, tissue technique and
much more.
- Time: Sunday, April 25,
2010 from 9 AM - 4 PM
- Fee: $125.00 + GST, includes lunch
and most supplies.
- Location: The Doorknocker Bed and Breakfast, Richmond, BC, www.thedoorknocker.com
- To sign up: contact Jeanette
Jarville: 604 277-8714, artizen@shaw.ca
(Photo: location of workshop, The Doorknocker B&B, )
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Two exhibitions featuring Encaustic work
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 Two shows featuring Encaustic work of 5 of my former students and myself will run this month in the South Okanagan: March 11 - April 8:
"A Little Bit of Everything" at Leir House, Penticton
March 18 - May 1: "Spring Renewal", a juried FCA show at the Summerland Art Gallery. Please join us at the opening receptions from 7 - 9 PM. I'm so proud to see how Encaustic has established itself in our art community since I started teaching it here 5 years ago!
(Photo: Margaret Phillips: "Encaustic on Travertine")
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Featured Guest Artist: Jetty de Roos
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For this section I'd like to highlight one of you each month. Please email me if you would like to be featured here. My newsletter reaches almost 800 Encaustic enthusiasts, who are all eager to learn more about you!  I met this month's featured artist, Jetty de Roos, a couple of years ago in Peachland, BC. She is also Dutch!
Unfortunately she does not have a website but she did send me some personal information:
Graduated from the Academy of the Arts in Rotterdam the Netherlands. Worked as a
designer for a couple of years for a large department store, the Bijenkorf
(similar to Macy's, New York). Also worked as a Display Artist in the Netherlands.
When my husband and I emigrated to Canada I worked as an art
teacher for the Montreal school board for 7 years. Later we worked for the
government on international exhibitions over seas.
When we moved from Ontario to the Okanagan, that was a
total change of life! We do like it in Peachland and the people are so friendly and kind here that we
feel very much at home.
Purple Beauty, Jetty de Roos
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In the Shop: All Arts Encaustic Stamps 25% Off!
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 Arts Encaustic International offers
33 beautiful silhouette stamps
And they are 25% off during March!
You can stamp with them in permanent ink,
then iron over the image,
stamp on tissue paper and collage the image in wax
or use the stamps to make texture into the soft wax.
See them all on my website
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 Ever wondered where the name of my little company "TwinLakes Encaustic Art" came from?
Twin Lakes is the place my husband and I fell in love with almost 15 years ago, as we were vacationing in the Okanagan, BC, Canada. It is one of two gorgeous little lakes, yearly stocked with fish, surrounded by mountains and home to a family of bald eagles (they nest in that tall tree across the lake).
We bought a cute cottage there and came back every year for our holiday, until we decided to move permanently to Canada. We stayed there for a couple of months, then bought a larger home not far away.
To make a long story short: It's up for sale now and I thought I'd share it with you! Perhaps you know someone who is looking for the perfect get-away or you yourself have always been dreaming to live in such a place, like we did...
Happy Painting!
Thea Haubrich
TwinLakes Encaustic Art Ltd.
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