Theresa Stirling
Theresa Stirling
Theresa Stirling slowly melts the top wax layers with a low-flame torch. The art slowly comes together with many thousands of brushstrokes and patience. She has found a fluency within this ancient-yet- modern medium that are some of the largest-scale installations out there, including ceiling murals. Stirling’s work is collected around the country.
Self-taught, with a previous marketing career and Econ degree, Stirling made a considered shift to a more creative life. Once bashful about being self-taught, and near-sighted, both are now her passport to take risks. Her work becomes soft-focus and is the result of a fearless approach to painting. Stirling is not afraid step into the unknown, forge new paths, and stay curious about the creative process and outcomes. She also combines cold wax with her encaustics for measured effect. Stirling strives, pouring every little detail into each art statement-piece. Theresa’s art and her brand mirror her lifestyle: curated and grounded, with a luxury feel. She enjoys being home, travel, paddleboarding and laughing with teens and rescue pets. Oh, and lots of good food and chocolate.
Portion of proceeds goes to animal shelters and food banks.
You can view Theresa’s work at www.theresastirling.com
Class Details
Fearless Encaustic Painting with Theresa Stirling: Working on large Photo-Encaustic Pieces.
Work on large photo-encaustic art alongside Theresa Stirling. Learn hard-won tips and tricks from years of doing very large scale projects, usually beyond encaustic physical parameters. We will deconstruct the steps and stages in Preparing a Large Photo-Encaustic Piece
This includes gluing, adhering image, rolling, and all the moving parts to set a large art piece up.
We’ll cover printing, getting things laid out, and once the image is glued and ready, we start by adding early layers, then lowlights. We’ll cover the mesmerizing shellac burn technique and pro tips on that, adding gold leaf, silver leaf, liquid mettalics and mores. We’ll use many tools tricks to add in cold wax. Theresa believes in staying curious, embracing both our vulnerable and our fearless side will get us to new heights! You will get to see Theresa expressing from a whole-body place, using assorted unexpected tools and rigging up ladders and hooks when needed. Her studio custom pieces are collected privately around the USA.
New favorite quote: “If it excites you and scares you at the same time, it probably means you should do it.”
Mini Class
Theresa Stirling shares some hard-won art business and marketing tips as well as finding our artist’s voice. This comes with many years of working at it, reading about it, taking courses and listening on the topic. Theresa made a later in life transition to a creative art career, from Economics study and Big Biotech Corporate Marketing. Good things await as we stay curious, open yet clear.
