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Karen Vradenburg
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This is not at all what I expected.
Upstate NY artist, addicted to encaustic.
Art. Nature. A Bit of Whimsy.
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Another series framed in white.

#mixedmedia
#originalartworks
#artforthehome
#518artist
#upstatenyartist
October 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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I’ve framed one series of mini mixed media paintings.

#mixedmedia
#originalartworks
#artforthehome
#518artist
#upstatenyartist
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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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.”
Wooden footbridge scattered with leaves and Pine needles With the quote: we who have means and a Voice must use them to help those who have neither.
October 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Come see me tomorrow!
August 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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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
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Every American with a conscience is doing the same thing.
July 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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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
Neutral collage in tans, browns and grays, with a bundle of twigs tied with a paper ribbon. Include a quote by Sitting Bull: “As individual fingers we can easily be broken we make a mighty fist.”
June 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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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
Small square abstract encaustic paintings of ocean waves with brown sandpaper beaches.
May 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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We’ve had a lot of rain lately.
Reflection of branches in a mud puddle
May 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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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.

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#stuck #stickers #mightygirls #encausticmixedmedia
Assorted stickers depicting encaustic mixed media paintings of folk art girl figures made from collage and string and ink and paint and encaustic medium
March 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Happy Spring. ❄️
Snow-covered trees and railings overlooking a lake on the first day of Spring
March 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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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
Square paper-covered basket with handle. Yellow, decorated with orange flames. The proverbial hand basket.
March 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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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
Abstract enclastic landscape in blue, purple, and green with amber shellac accents
March 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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"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
Multicolored encaustic painting. Abstract seascape with reticulated white shellac.
March 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Time for some whimsy. My Mighty Girls are my pride and joy, so I made them into #stickers!
A collection of stickers featuring encaustic mixed media/collage Mighty Girls.
March 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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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
Cover of the book We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
February 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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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
Square abstract encaustic painting in blue, turquoise, and white
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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“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
Square encaustic painting in blues and greens with white accents, and alcohol ink sprays
February 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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"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
"Planet Claire" is a captivating abstract landscape painting, featuring a harmonious blend of blue, purple, peach, and green encaustic paint. Adorned with delicate touches of shellac. Clouds spill over the mountaintops, creating an ethereal, dreamlike atmosphere.
February 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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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
Cover of the book maybe you should talk to someone by Lori Gottlieb. Blue background, yellow tissue box with white tissues spilling out the top.
February 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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But Spring is on the way!
February 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Another snowy day.
February 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The Other Side of Summer
12”x12”
Encaustic and shellac

#februarty
#art
#artshare
#encaustic
#encausticpainting
#waxart
#encausticwax
February 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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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
Small encaustic painting, shades of blue and green in the background with a yellow sun like circle in the middle. All with black reticulation.
February 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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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
Cover of In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Tree line on low horizon Overpowered by huge clouds
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM