MARISSA VOYTENKO 
encaustic artist

My work invites viewers into a visual rhythm of order offering meditative reflections on the unseen. With a quiet refusal of speed, spectacle and visual noise that drive much of contemporary life, my work is a turn to slowness, repetition and stillness. 

 

Inspired by classical architecture, art history and modern design I create symbolic imagery from geometric shapes and patterns that appear both ancient and modern while pointing to the transcendent. Using encaustic paint, I add and subtract layers of wax that are fused, scraped back, and etched, allowing vestiges of history left untouched beneath the surface.  Subtle variations in color, texture, and depth invite a different kind of looking—one that is contemplative rather than consumptive.  These images stem from a desire for the work to not simply to be decoded but spaces to dwell in. 

 

Ultimately, my practice is an exploration of how material, process, and perception intersect to create moments of stillness and contemplation. While much of the contemporary life focuses on the immediate and the concrete, my work is an orientation to that which transcends time and reveal what is not seen.