Baer Art Center, Northern Iceland Group photo courtesy of Oxanna Adams In July of 2016, I did a 4-week residency at the Baer Art Center in Northern Iceland. This year, I'm back for another 3 weeks. I taught a cold wax and oil, abstract painting workshop and I'm staying on for a 2 week residency. The workshop was made up of 4 Icelandic artists, one from Switzerland, one from the US and 3 Canadians. What an international group! The enthusiasm was high, the laughter contagious and the food superb.What a week! I learned only the week before the workshop was to start, that the Gamblin cold wax medium I normally use, couldn't be shipped by air from London, UK because it's designated as a flammable solid! I had checked this out in March and was told there was no problem, that the wax could be ordered and shipped to Iceland in 4 or 5 days! Big panic! I looked up several recipes online and found one that used solvent-free gel as well as beeswax and Odour...