Art lovers out there, have you noticed more and more artists doing encaustic painting lately?

Art lovers out there, have you noticed more and more artists doing encaustic painting lately?
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Been getting really really really popular over the last 15 or so years. Not sure why now. Certainly the surface is beautiful and the scent of the beeswax is entrancing so that people are motivated to get out their hotplates and try it. Non toxic art material = mmmmmm.
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