Waxing On…about the history of encaustic painting, collagraph printmaking, encaustic restoration, studio practice, the moon and stars, and more.
About Historic Guanajuato
Learn more about historic Guanajuato, the perfect setting for an art retreat!
Waxing On: My Portland Residency
Last month, thanks to grants from the Oregon Arts Commission and Ford Family Foundation, I stepped outside my home studio and partnered up once again with a old friend, Jane Pagliarulo at Atelier Meridian. I had always wanted to do large prints of a specific image from particle physics…
Press Release—Elise Wagner: Tipping Points
ANNOUNCING a solo exhibition of abstract art by contemporary artist, Elise Wagner, at Frederick Holmes and Co —Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seattle, WA—Opens May 5, 2022.
Particles and a Twittering Machine: Reflections on a Star Cluster
James Webb Space Telescope and its first alignment images sparked a reflection on Star Cluster, one of the large paintings available in my studio collection. In the creative swirl of the time, I was thinking of particle science and Paul Klee’s Twittering Machine.
Reflections on Bertoia’s “View of the Earth from Space”
Inspired by Harry Bertoia’s “View of the Earth from Space”, my vision for a public art installation reflects how our view of Earth has changed and how far space exploration has come while paying thoughtful homage to the piece Bertoia created in 1962.
