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Elise Wagner

https://www.elisewagner.com
https://vimeo.com/elisewagnerfineart
https://www.youtube.com/@EliseWagnerArtist/videos

Title: Mercurial Tide, Size (h w d): 24 x 60 x 2.5 in,Medium: encaustic and oil on panel
Artist’s Statement​

I tend to look at the world through a scientific lens - filtering keen analysis and exploratory thoughts. And I am looking at our planetary universe on both a macro/micro level voraciously taking in the kinds of information that allow humans to sustain life and coexist on planet earth. I bring these technological, and sometimes, philosophical concepts into the studio and begin my experimental techniques to create an art form that illustrates the mysteries of the universe and the drastic effects of climate change. I am also constantly thinking and reflecting on my art with a painter's eye - relying on my background as a painter and sheer love of materials, color and structural composition.

The paintings I make are integrations of elements of abstract gestures combined with fragments derived from the natural world. I tend to lean towards art that is less direct in its missive - existing somewhere in between non-objective and narrative.

One does not need to hit the viewer hard with meaning. I believe that art can speak for itself and embody
a powerful message while captivating the eye.

These are harsh and often frightening topics that I emphasize in my work but what I have discovered, in my research of realtime - planetary imagery and statistical data, is the stunning and sheer beauty of science that scholars are putting forth. From the visual data of the accelerating changes in glacial and oceanic geologies to the organisms that plague humanity. This information befalling our planet is truly fascinating to me, and continues to drive my practice - spurring, in me, a sense of creative urgency to capture everything and also try and raise awareness.

I spend just as much time on the physical process. There are multi-layers of applied color and textured media - optical clues and markers that will hopefully - reveal to the viewer the bits of recoded information and visual data that is often unnoticed by the lay person and unseen by the naked eye. I want to make tangible the intense planetary research over the past nine year period that I have been working on this series.

Our earth planet is changing at a rapid pace. It is evident in the various pandemics and increasing climate disasters that we are experiencing around the globe. There is much social unrest as a result and yet with astonishing technological advancements we have a greater awareness. I want my art to foster this awareness.
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—Elise Wagner, 2023

Workshops

The Challenges and Rewards of Teaching Encaustic Painting
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These days I am more selective about how often I take time away from my studio practice to teach, but it important to me that I continue to share the love of this ancient painting technique with the world. Teaching encaustic painting is a unique and rewarding experience that allows me to share me passion and knowledge with others. Encaustic offers a plethora of creative possibilities.

Elise Wagner
YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/@EliseWagnerArtist/videos

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Cloud Chart 1

"Cloud Chart" is a stunning mixed media painting created on a 10x10" panel. The artwork features a mesmerizing cloud formation, with intricate details and a beautiful color palette. The artist has used a combination of colored pencils and acrylic medium to create the base of the painting, adding depth and texture to the clouds. The use of monoprint technique adds a unique touch to the artwork, creating a subtle yet striking pattern in the background. The overall effect is a dreamy, atmospheric piece that captures the beauty of nature in a truly captivating way. "Cloud Chart" is a must-have for any art lover looking for a one-of-a-kind piece to add to their collection.

Cloud Chart 1 is a 10 x 10 x .5 in artwork by Elise Wagner titled, Cloud Chart 1. 
Medium: Monoprint, colored pencil and acrylic medium
Hanging: French cleats attached, floats out from wall
Cyclicle Horizon
​encaustic and pan pastel on panel
8” x 8”
Infinity Map
​encaustic and pan pastel on panel
8” x 8”
Pathogen 2
​encaustic and oil on panel
6” x 6”
Tangerine Contours
​encuastic and pan pastel on panel
8” x 8”
Vestige 7
Vestige #7 is an 8” x 8” encaustic and oil painting on panel framed to 9” x 9.” The painting is an abstract, ethereal scape.
The palette is magenta with gray and pearl accents.
​The painting offers a tranquil and dream-like atmosphere, perfect for any home or office.
Sigma 4
Mounted, hand colored encaustic monoprint on birch panel
10” x 10”
Unframed, natural edge. Adhesive hanger.
Ice Storm Series Made in Mexico
This small series was inspired by photos from my window of a recent ice storm and the new variety of colors I now see every day from my home on the North Coast of Oregon in Astoria. I created these prints while teaching in Guanajuato, Mexico. Each are 10” x 10” and printed on 14” x 11” sheets of Evolon or Encaustiflex - a soft yet pliable microfiber ideal for collagraph printing.
​Night Moves
Sold OutEncaustic paint and oil on birch panel
8” x 8”
Unframed, natural edge. Adhesive hanger.
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Polar Meridian
encaustic and oil on panel
Size: 30 x 48 x 2.25 in
Framed Size: 31 x 49 x 2.25 in
Price: $7,800
Location: Imogen Gallery, Astoria, Oregon
https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/elise-wagner-studio/75899b/polar-meridian
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Description: Part of my "Meridian" Series. Each in the series refers to an aspect of our landscape and outer hemisphere.

me·rid·i·an /məˈridēən/ - noun a circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles.
Seattle Gallery - 3 pieces: Marking time 6, Opposing Cartography 7 & Glacier Stream II:
Marking Time 6

mounted monoprint with encaustic and oil on panel
Size: 40 x 80 x 2.25 in
Framed Size: 41.25 x 30.25 x 2.25 in
Price: $6,800
Location: Frederick Holmes & Co, Seattle
https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/elise-wagner-studio/b76389/marking-time-6
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Description: This series uses a sub-atomic particle collision as a metaphor to mark time for transformation and change.
Opposing Cartography 7 
encaustic and oil on panel
Size: 24 x 56 x 2.25 in
Framed Size: 25.25 x 57.25 x 2.25 in
Price: $8,200.00
Location: Frederick Holmes & Co, Seattle
https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/elise-wagner-studio/b76389/opposing-cartography-7
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Description: This piece is the very last available of my "Opposing Cartographies" series of ten paintings that draws upon both the inner and outer hemispheres and how there are so many unknowns both on the earth and beyond. I bears new significance now as we face so many oppositions and unknowns in our world. The Opposing Cartography series marks a significant shift that led in a new direction for my work. Paradoxically, I began developing ways of using molten wax to depict melting ice in response to the growing climate crisis.
Glacier Stream II
Elise Wagner Fine Art, LLC 
encaustic and oil on panel 
Size: 55 x 42 x 2.25 in
Framed Size: 56.5 x 44.5 x 3 in 

Price: $12,500
Location: Frederick Holmes & Co, Seattle
https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/elise-wagner-studio/b76389/glacier-stream-ii
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Description: The article “Greenland Is Melting” and Elizabeth Kolbert’s book “Field Notes from a Catastrophe” motivated my creation of a new series. The lower left photo is from the article that inspired the piece. 
Washington D.C. Gallery - 3 pieces Glacier Atlas I, Remnant III, Satellite
Glacier Atlas I

encaustic and oil on panel
Size: 55 x 42 x 2.25
Framed Size: 56.5 x 44.5 x 3 in
Price: $12,500.00
Location: Calloway Fine Art & Consulting, Washington D.C.
https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/elise-wagner-studio/5f028f/glacier-atlas-1
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Description: The article “Greenland Is Melting” and Elizabeth Kolbert’s book “Field Notes from a Catastrophe” motivated my creation of a new series. The lower left photo is from the article that inspired the piece. 
Satellite 
encaustic and oil on panel
Framed Size: 41.25 x 31.25 x 2.25 in
Price: $7,000.00
Location: Calloway Fine Art & Consulting, Washington D.C.
https://www.artworkarchive.com/rooms/elise-wagner-studio/5f028f/satellite-elise-wagner-fine-art-llc

Description: This piece began as an aerial view of a street in Phoenix, Oregon which was devastated by the recent wildfires. Hints of the original grid emerge and weave through layers of textured wax.This piece reflects my ongoing interest in how technology has transformed how we are now able to view the world.
Elise Wagner Inventory - 2 pieces: Genesis, Terra Europa
Genesis III

encaustic and oil on panel
18 x 46 x 2 in
Framed Size: 19.25 x 47.25 x 2.5 in 
Price: $4,500
Location: Artist Inventory
https://www.elisewagner.com/shop/p/genesis-iii
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Description: This piece is part of a series in which I was attempting to be more minimal and allow the painting surface at atmosphere form. The title came about not for religious reference but rather draws upon its physical meaning which is formation.
Elise Wagner

https://www.elisewagner.com
https://vimeo.com/elisewagnerfineart
https://www.youtube.com/@EliseWagnerArtist/videos

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