Lyn Kirkland

Lyn is a full time artist living and working on the Isle of Portland.
“Exploring the exciting properties of encaustic beeswax has been my passion for several years. First used by Ancient Egyptians as a painting medium, it saw a resurgence last century and has continued to flourish. Still relatively unknown in Europe, but once discovered, never forgotten. When I first took up my brush and dipped it into molten wax and pigment I knew I was hooked! It was a visceral moment never experienced by me with any other paint, I felt I was home. My work in encaustic wax includes abstraction, seascapes, photo-encaustic and bas-relief. For me encaustic wax is the perfect creative partner.”

Lyn offers workshops from her studio on Portland where she shares her expertise in the technique of painting with beeswax, working with mixed-media and embedding imagery and ephemera, and will be hosting the first encaustic wax retreat on the Jurassic coast in June 2025. A previous winner of ‘emerging artist’ at the Black Swan in Frome Open Exhibition, Lyn was invited to be featured in an artist tutorial video on encaustic painting for major art supplier Jackson’s Art in 2022.