My studio practice is centered on play and exploring the expressive and tactile potential of multiple mediums. I primarily paint in encaustic (pigmented wax) but experiment in oils, acrylic watercolor, stained glass, printmaking, and ceramics. I am inspired by the natural world, travel, historical research, and a sense-of-place in in my home city of Boise, Idaho.
A visual artist who works primarily in encaustic (pigmented hot wax) painting, Matilda "Tilley" Bubb is a member of Boise Open Studio Collective Organization (BOSCO). As Boise’s cultural planner in the Department of Arts & History, she leads planning processes to assess current cultural conditions and envision our collective desired future. She teaches Design Thinking in BSU’s Executive MBA Program. She is co-founder of Surel’s Place, an artist-in-residence program in Garden City, and a trustee of the Mitchell Family Foundation. Bubb earned her BFA in art from University of Oregon in 1990, Masters in Public Administration and a Graduate Certificate in Community and Regional Planning from BSU in 2008, and a PhD in public administration and policy with a focus on creative economy in 2024.
