Mark Mohrenweiser Patti Monroe-Mohrenweiser

A licensed Landscape Architect by training, I’ve always enjoyed and embraced all art forms. After years of working in mixed media, I began to explore the art of encaustic, becoming a full-time artist in the medium alongside my wife. Encaustic is a medium that allows you to be a sculptor one day, or a painter the next. It is a versatile medium that we have both enjoyed exploring. Each of our encaustic paintings is comprised of multiple layers of beeswax and damar resin. We make own encaustic medium with raw pigments, filtered beeswax, and resin in its hardened, crystallized form. The paint is heated to approximately 200 degrees and each layer is fused with heat before proceeding to the next layer. Painted and hand drawn imagery is added between the layers in oil, pastel, and ink. Original drawings, sketches, incised lines, and other elements are encased within the wax layers, giving a multi-dimensional result to the finished work. The translucency of the wax allows all of these elements to be viewed through the layers. We enjoy creating artworks that reflect our love of nature, architecture, and history. Our hope is that anyone viewing our work continues to find unexpected surprises within the layers that they may not have noticed at first glance.