| I'm Wanda Ann, a digital and mixed media artist living in the Great Smoky Mountains. Chances are if you don't find me in the studio, I am out seeking open spaces or quiet places with my camera and a journal sketchbook along with my constant companion, Ezekiel, a gentle giant Great Dane. Whether I'm in or out of the studio I'm questioning and diving into the mysteries of places found on the roads less traveled along with those that are so familiar they are often overlooked.
My primary medium of digital art allows me to discover and experiment by combining the beauty of light through photography and then taking that imagery further into the infinite digital abyss that is constantly evolving.
My digital work consists of intricately created composites that are hand-rendered with individual brushwork along with other processes or full hand-painted digital oil paintings. But this is only the beginning of each original piece as the digital imagery is then transformed into a mixed media encaustic work.
These unique pieces are created by hand-painting layers of encaustic wax over the original digitally created and printed work of art. Each layer of wax is fused and often oil pigments, small pieces of ephemera inspiration, or other media are placed within the layers of wax that cocoons, enhances, and transforms the work into one-of-a-kind pieces. | 