[2] At the age of five, Eby began playing the piano and learned the traditional classical repertoire.

[4] Eby earned her bachelor's degree in art history at the University of Oregon, with an emphasis in ancient Greek, Roman and Asian antiquities.

[6] Betsy Eby works primarily in encaustic, a painting medium of hot beeswax, damar resin, and pigments.

The encaustic technique dates back to the 4th century B.C., when it was originally used for Egyptian mummy funerary portraits.

Encaustic was not a common medium for painters until its revival by the Pop artist, Jasper Johns, in his iconic flag paintings.