I'm Karma Kitaj, encaustic and mixed media artist. Encaustic is an ancient form of painting, having survived over millennia. The Fayum portraits were discovered, buried in mummies in Eqypt, created by Greek painters in 1st c. AD, revived in the 20th century. The pigment is composed of beeswax and a resin that gives the wax more body and shine. Then luscious pigments are added to that med...