Take a peek inside the studio:
Watch Organic Alchemy and get an inside view of Alicia's studio process.
In the studio:
Alicia's art studio was once located in Seattle in the historic Inscape Arts Building on the outskirts of Seattle's International District. In 2021, the studio was relocated near the Sun Valley resort in the mountains of Idaho.

Creative process:
Alicia paints with a blend of bee's wax, a plant based resin called Damar Gum and organic pigments in a process known as Encaustic Painting.
For Artists:
Learn Encaustic Painting with Alicia Online: Check out the current offering of online courses here!
Encaustic Live Workshops
Learn the art of encaustic painting with Alicia Tormey
Click here to visit the WORKSHOPS page for details.
Check out the ARTIST RESOURCES for tutorials , materials, books and more...

Alicia Tormey at work on a large encaustic painting

Hot pot of encaustic paint

Molten wax on encaustic pallet

Alicia Tormey in her Seattle encaustic studio

Rainbow of hot pots filled with encaustic

Alicia Tormey torching the painting's surface

Making encaustic medium with Damar resin

Alicia Tormey's studio ready for an encaustic workshop

Encaustic medium

Alicia Tormey in her encaustic studio

Alicia Tormey's encaustic studio

Damar resin crystals in Alicia Tormey's encaustic studio

Wax drips of an encaustic painting

Scraping wax from the surface of an encaustic painting

Molten rainbow of encaustic hot pots

Encaustic brushes

Encaustic painting in progress with shellac burn

Facade of historic Inscape building in Seattle.
