I’m thrilled to be opening the doors of my new studio for Cornwall Open Studios 2025, running across two creative long weekends: 24th – 26th May & 30th May – 1st June, open [...]

  I found this encaustic wax painting video in the archives recently… (You can tell it’s an old one because it shows my old julieannsgallery website address at the beginning!!) But what [...]

Open Studios : 24-26 MAY and 30 MAY-1 JUNE : 11am to 5pm daily throughout Cornwall   There’s something truly magical about stepping into an artist’s studio – the smell of art supplies [...]

What wax colours to choose?! This blog is to help you with your encaustic wax colour choices…  when I was selling my wax supplies whilst doing in person workshops, or on open days, people [...]

    For those of you who are new here, I came across this intro by The Bloomz Arthouse recently, it was quite a nice write up, so thought I’d use it to reintroduce myself on this [...]

If you’ve been following along on socials, you might’ve caught that my festive season didn’t quite go to plan. It all started the week before Christmas—a whirlwind of visiting family in [...]

Are you curious about encaustic painting but unsure where to start?  This blog and video below will help you, it’s a beginners guide to encaustic wax painting… Don’t worry—it’s easier [...]

Encaustic painting is such a versatile and fascinating medium, and I’m often asked if it’s suitable for children and teenagers…  so, I wanted to share Isabelle and Ava’s story, [...]

I’m very excited to share the news of a first major encaustic exhibition in Europe, opening this coming weekend in Stade in Germany! A project four years in the making, and one I’ve [...]

Join us for an exciting ART CHALLENGE… The Bloomz Arthouse presents “BLOOMZ ON TOUR” – Oils, Acrylics, Encaustic Wax, Fibre Sculpture, Mixed Media & Gum… [...]

So… a question I’m often asked, is “How Do You Clean Your Brushes After Painting With Encaustic Wax…?     In short, I don’t… I always say encaustic [...]

I wanted to share a little about my travels to Lisbon last week, to repair an encaustic painting… A few months ago, I was contacted by a gentleman, who asked me if I could do anything with [...]

Things have been a bit quiet from me in recent months, mostly because I’ve moved into a new house, back ‘home’ in North Cornwall…! You might remember that this has always [...]

It’s BACK!!! 28th – 30th April Our Annual Bloomz Online Art Show…  This year we have Eleven Artists… Four shows over three days… If you have visited our show before, [...]

To let you know… this weekend only… I’m doing a one off select art sale of a small number of my original encaustic paintings.You may have caught my previous videos this week, [...]

Smartphone Photography in Cornwall… I’m excited to share that I’m part of a new team with Jeanette Lendon from Jet Black Squares… offering Smartphone Photography sessions down [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve shared any regular blogs… so, I figured it was time to fill you in on the last few months, which at times have felt like being in a washing machine [...]

Today, I’ve decided to share a bit of my history, and a story around some of the fears I’ve had over the years with my art.I don’t usually share this stuff, but I’m hoping my [...]

We had the most amazing time at our Bloomz YouTube Premiere on Sunday… I’ll be honest, I was a bit nervous, as it was my first experience of an event like this, but apart from one [...]

I was so grateful to have received The Binnie Birstein Scholarship to attend The Encaustic Conference earlier this month, this is a way of giving back, and sharing some of that infectious [...]