The Bee’s Knees Encaustics is committed to making high-quality hand-made encaustic paints and mediums. Made by artists for artists.

Our paints are made with 100% filtered Canadian beeswax, dammar resin and premium pigments. They are free from harmful chemicals and solvents.

Our paints are highly concentrated with pigments and can be mixed with mediums to lengthen their productivity level and make them more economical.

Choose form a variety of natural earth friendly colours, chemical and solvent free.

Discover great Encaustic artists like Gretchen Papka One recent description of her work: “Gretchen creates visual dialogues out of textures and colors and found objects connect her assemblage pieces to our familiar material world, though typically in an off-beat way as the objects are repurposed and juxtaposed to create the sensation of viewing that familiar world from a very unfamiliar and unexpected angle. The encaustic lends a dreamy, mysterious quality, as if it belonged to another time.” View more of Gretchen Papkas Encaustic Art >>