Using mediums such as acrylic, oil paint encaustic wax, and tempera, Calkins will create scissor-cut paper stencils to make complex paintings on surfaces including wood, paper, or canvas. Larry Calkins works with a large variety of media, from working with fabric, wood and metal to encaustics to bookmaking — keeping his sense of discovery fresh and exciting, often leaning on sketches from his notebooks that have captured important and not so important events in his life. He began exhibiting in 1994 at the MIA Gallery in Seattle, and is currently represented by the American Primitive Gallery in New York, Rice Polak in Provincetown, MA and Tanner Hill in Chattanooga, TN; he has worked as art instructor since 2005.