Edith Beatty is a Vermont artist who works in encaustic, oil, fresco, and fiber, with earthy materials: wood, beeswax, resin, marble dust, pit lime, sand, coffee, shells, paper pulp, linens, silk, and natural pigments. Her work has shown in juried and curated shows in Seattle, New York City, Chicago, Portland, Cambridge, Provincetown, and here in Vermont. She is honored to be a member of the Brandon Artists Guild and looks forward to shows in Waterville and Winter Harbor, Maine in 2027.

Beatty has lived in Waterbury, Vermont for 43 years. Having earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Indiana University, she enjoyed an extensive career designing and leading programs to promote social justice and equity. She has since shifted her focus to making works of art that convey that same struggle and hope.

Beatty is drawn to encaustic painting because, “the dance between transparency and opacity, the lovely way in which multiple layers of molten, pigmented beeswax, and resin, each fused in the process, conceal and reveal images, color, and textures beneath.”