Do Saints turn into guardian or guiding angels after they go to heaven?
It sure seems that when one escapes some catastrophic event unharmed, that it may be due to a saintly angel watching and intervening - rather than luck or serendipity!
Encaustic - the process of painting with molten wax (mostly beeswax), and pigments that are fused and fixed to a support with heat.
This achieves a lustrous enamel appearance.
Encaustic paint presents a permanent finish.
It is a particularly durable paint, because wax is waterproof and over time can retain all the freshness of a newly finished work.