11/10/2026
Betsey Foster is retired from a career in science and writing. This gives her plenty of time to pursue her love of art and the outdoors. At the moment, she is working mainly in encaustics (wax pigments that are heated and manipulated to create an image) because she finds this medium works very well for her interest in rocks and minerals. When she looks at a rock she is seeing the patterns created by the various minerals within the rock. She then interprets these patterns as a piece of encaustic art.
Sometimes these pieces are inspired by microscopic crystals and other times by boulders along streams or in the woods along a hiking trail. She has spent all of her rather long life outdoors and likes to combine this and her science background in her art. She has never formally studied art but has taken numerous workshops and enjoys learning about art and experimenting with new techniques.
