Visual artist Dane Waters works in encaustic mixed media. The encaustic painting technique combines color pigment with hot wax and resin. This mixture is applied in its semi-liquid form and can then be manipulated with a heating device.

Dane’s paintings/installations are generally rather large—4' X 8' or larger. Past themes have included globalization and music; her current work explores the concept of genomes. She strives to combine the conceptual with the tactile and with aesthetics. The general look of the wax surface varies from very textured to very smooth, and the works range from greatly colorful to monotone or even minimalist and monochromatic.

Based in Louisville, Dane is also the assistant education director with the Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, headquartered downtown.

Program 512

An all-Louisville, all-female edition: artist Dane Waters, arts coordinator Geraldine Woods, and blues-rock band Most Wanted. (#512)

Program 819

A workshop in which high school students carve carousel horses, encaustic artist Dane Waters, Louisville Central Community Center Art Education Director Geraldine Woods, and music by the University of Louisville’s Black Diamond Choir and bluegrass band Soulgrass. (#819)