Encaustic Tools, Wax, Media & Classes. I retired in 2000 and began my interest in wax painting. This led to being in a Gallery in Edmonds, WA and teaching classes in Encaustics. My wife and I began to travel in the winters to southwest states and I would teach classes. We came to Green Valley on one of these trips and we bot a home. We now spend our winters in this location where I will continue to teach wax painting.