Karen Vradenburg
kayvray.com
Karen Vradenburg
@kayvray.com
This is not at all what I expected.
Upstate NY artist, addicted to encaustic.
Art. Nature. A Bit of Whimsy.
October 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I’ve framed one series of mini mixed media paintings.

#mixedmedia
#originalartworks
#artforthehome
#518artist
#upstatenyartist
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I took a picture on a rainy day of a little bridge I crossed. This quote seemed appropriate. “We who have means and a voice must use them to help those who have neither.”
October 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Come see me tomorrow!
August 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I usually experiment with different media during the hot summer months, but I’m really missing my #encaustic, so I set up a station in the garage, to avoid heating up my studio.

#encausticpainting
#waxart
#encausticwax
August 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Every American with a conscience is doing the same thing.
July 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
- Sitting Bull

Encaustic mixed media

#art
#artshare
#encaustic
#encausticpainting
#supportcreatives
#encausticmixedmedia
#originalartworks
#518artist
#upstatenyartist
June 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Cold and dreary here in the northeast. This weekend is supposed to be the start of summer. It feels more like March. So I made some little beach paintings to bring the feel of summer inside.
4x4”
Encaustic and paper
May 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We’ve had a lot of rain lately.
May 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I'm stuck. What better way to reflect that than by turning my Mighty Girls into stickers?
Hoping to bring a bit of levity to a distinctly gloomy situation.
And from now until April 15, everything in my shop is 25% off.

kayvrayartstudio.etsy.com

#stuck #stickers #mightygirls #encausticmixedmedia
March 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Happy Spring. ❄️
March 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I made myself a hand basket.
l inherited dozens of cardboard berry baskets. I've used a few to store things but I've always wanted to put them to better use.
I remembered that someone had posted "I was told there would be hand baskets." And suddenly I knew what to do with them.
#tohellinahandbasket
March 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Several years ago I was experimenting with different color palettes on a half dozen 5”x5” boards. At one point my daughter saw them and said, “That one looks like a uterus.” After many more steps, it turned into this, which I named “Rebirth.“

#encausticpainting #abstractpainting #originalartworks
March 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"Calliope" has been selected for inclusion in The James Library & Center for the Arts 6th Annual Spring Juried Show in Norwell, MA, March 21-April 27.

#encaustic #encausticpainting #abstractpainting #upstatenyartist #originalartworks
#518artist #exhibitions
March 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Time for some whimsy. My Mighty Girls are my pride and joy, so I made them into #stickers!
March 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

8 / 20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge
February 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is a tiny little study I did, experimenting with different colors and contrasting textures. I fell in love with it. Now in my studio, it brings a bit of peace whenever I look at it.

#encaustic
#encausticpainting 
#abstractpainting
#upstatenyartist 
#originalartworks
#contemporaryart
#art
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Delineated” has been selected for inclusion in H2O: The Water Show at ACE Gallery, Oceanside, CA. March 17-April 18.

#encaustic
#encausticpainting 
#abstractpainting
#upstatenyartist 
#originalartworks 
#518artist
#exhibitions
February 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Planet Claire" is the first painting I ever sold at a gallery exhibition. I was so excited to see that red dot!

#tbt
#encausticpainting
#supportcreatives
#abstract
#artforthehome
#518artist
#upstatenyartist
February 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

7 / 20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge
February 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
But Spring is on the way!
February 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Another snowy day.
February 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Other Side of Summer
12”x12”
Encaustic and shellac

#februarty
#art
#artshare
#encaustic
#encausticpainting
#waxart
#encausticwax
February 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
An early shellac experiment. I had seen videos of shellac burns, but for this one I wanted something darker. So I scraped some black pan pastel into a little cup of shellac. I later discovered that powdered pigments are exactly the way to color shellac. Trust your instincts!

#tbt
#shellacburn
#art
February 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

6 / 20

#BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM