"Wax paintings" refers to artwork created using wax as a medium. It involves applying melted wax onto a surface, such as a canvas, and then painting over it with colored pigments. Full definition
Her early works include wax paintings and a series of Fallen Paintings, which she created by pouring colored latex onto the floor. (widewalls.ch)
While encaustic wax painting as a technique is an ancient form, the encaustic work of Nicholas Clements brings a modern twist by utilizing crayons as a media instead of beeswax. (abstractartistgallery.org)
The current exhibition, the artist's first retrospective in New York and first in twenty years, spans the range of Benglis's career including her early wax paintings, her brightly colored poured latex works, the «Torsos» and «Knots» series from the 1970s, and her recent experiments with plastics, cast glass, paper, and gold leaf. (museumpublicity.com)