The featured artist at Fountain Hills Artists’ Gallery Tuesday, Nov. 21 is encaustic painter Nancy Grahlmann.

The community is invited to the next weekly demonstration Nov. 21. Grahlmann will be in the gallery from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Encaustic, or hot wax painting, consists of natural bee wax and damper resin (crystallized tree sap). The medium can be used alone for its transparency or with pigments and is melted and applied with a brush.

Encaustic painting is an ancient technique dating back to the Greeks, who used wax to caulk ship hulls, according to a press release.

Grahlmann discovered encaustic painting when she was studying woodworking at the MacArthur Museum in Little Rock, Ark.

“It was such a unique technique and lends itself beautifully to collage, it also adds a depth to the design that is being established,” Grahlmann said.

The gallery is located at 16858 E. Avenue of the Fountains and is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information about exhibitions, events, workshops and upcoming demos, visit fountainhillsartistsgallery.com.