Wo Schiffman

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    • Home
    • About
      • About
      • Events 2022
      • Studio & Process
    • Exhibitions
      • Select Group Exhibitions
      • Recent Solo Exhibitions
      • Art Fairs
    • Gallery
      • When the World was Flat
      • Water Poems 2021
      • Isolation 2020
      • Entanglements 2019
      • Surfacing 2020
      • Beyond Boundaries 2019
      • Journey 2019
      • National Parks 2019
      • Nature of Plants 2018
      • Meditations 2017
      • Seascapes 2016
      • Abstracts 2016
      • Ocean Geometrics 2016
      • Sky 2015
      • Horizons 2014
    • Press
    • Publications

Wo Schiffman

Wo Schiffman Wo Schiffman Wo Schiffman
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Studio

My studio is located at:


ICB Building - Studio 126 - First Floor

480 Gate 5 Road,

Sausalito, CA 94965


Visit by appointment only.

please call or email to set up an appointment.


Open Studios: Dec 3,4,5


email:

woizme@me.com


phone: 

603.770.6982

Process

Pigments & Paints

Pigments & Paints

Pigments & Paints

I use commercial and  homemade pigments. After grinding or mixing a range of powdered minerals, botanicals, or inks   I suspend the  pigments in walnut oil (to make my oil paint), acrylic medium (for my acrylics) or heated beeswax for my encaustic mediums.


I also use commercial Casein emulsion or paint from Richeson - enhanced with my own powdered pigments.

Inks

Pigments & Paints

Pigments & Paints

Years of dyeing fabric and experimentation with sumi painting and suminagashi (floating ink on water) have enhanced my practice. I like combining inks with  oils or encaustics and sometimes use my suminagashi work as a substrate for monotypes.

Tools & Marking

Pigments & Paints

Encaustic Stone Sculpture

Walks along the sea bluffs or in local forests often produce inspirational tools for painting. I collect a range of natural materials and add them to my marking tools. 


Because I work on a range of substrates, my tools may include natural bristle brushes, palette knives and silicone scrapers.

Encaustic Stone Sculpture

Encaustic Stone Sculpture

Encaustic Stone Sculpture

Stone is a challenging substrate for encaustic painting. I have developed my own formula to create sculptures on granite, sandstone and bisque-fired stoneware.

Works on Paper

Encaustic Stone Sculpture

Works on Paper

I paint encaustic monotypes on a heated (140F - 200F) aluminum plate and "lift" images onto paper or silk. Often, it takes multiple pulls to create the image I'm creating.


In addition, I created paintings on paper with ink, acrylic and waterbed paste pigments.

Inspiration

Encaustic Stone Sculpture

Works on Paper

Seasonal changes in the flora and fauna of my environment, microscopic images, deep space photographs, and interactions between the ocean and land where I live all inspire my paintings.


After decades of land and sea travel - I often return to my travel sketchbooks as references for my large works.

Studio & Process Images


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