LIGHT AS AIR
Wo's newest body of work, these atmospheric paintings were created en plein air on the slopes of the west maui mountains from 2025-2026.
On display at her solo show at
ATLANTIC GALLERY, NYC
September, 2026
GALLERY EVENTS:
Sept. 10, 6-8 pm. Opening Reception
Sept. 17, 6-8 pm. Book Signing*
Sept. 24, 6-8 pm. Artist Talk
BOOKS:
The Earth Series: Water, Land, Air
a survey of 20 years of painting elements of the earth with hand ground pigments.
released 2026
Light As Air
25 images from the Solo Show - along with observations of sight navigation from small aircraft flying in the Pacific Rim.
Released 2026
Land Lines
40 pieces created over four years using natural earth ground pigments along with the questions posed by traveling around the earth and documenting changing land conditions over three decades.
Released 2026
Traveling Light
Photos from Wo's travels over the past three decades. These images are available as limited edition prints.
Released in 2026.
Water Poems
Forty original encaustic paintings of water across the earth paired with Haikus written by Wo. This was the first body of work in the Earth Series: visual studies of Water, Land, Air.
Reprinted in 2026.
Original released in 2029.
38 Degrees north 2023-24
Artist Statement
Wo Schiffman’s body of work, 38 Degrees North, uses multiple door-sized panels of cloth, wood, and metal to explore Time, Space and Existence within the Personal Structure of her own studio location. Schiffman creates a story of human existence with materials that span our history of art for the past hundred thousand years including casein, encaustic, oil, ink, polymer, and digital photography. This intimate Personal Structure takes the viewer offers a unique perspective on the future of life on Earth viewed through time from the single location of her studio at Latitude 38 degrees North.
This body of work will be on exhibition in VENICE, ITALY
at the ECC Pavilion, during the Bienalle: April-Nov 2024
Les Billets-Doux (The Love Notes)
Artist Statement
Les Billets-Doux. (The Love Notes)
This body of work will be on exhibition in the San Francisco Women's Art Gallery as a solo exhibition during February, 2024.
Inspired by a celebration of Leap Year in 2024, I created this new work using dyes, transparent glazes and photo tinting oils layered on my landscape sketches and images from my encaustic paintings.
being human:the illustrations
Artist Statement
Being Human, The Illustrations
This body of work will be on exhibition in the Studio 124 gallery from October 2023 through February 2024
The first volume of the 4 volume set of books containing over 60 illustrations and short stories will be available at the exhibition. Collected over more than 5 decades, these short stories explore the lives of humans across the globe. The exhibition will contain numerous large scale Illustration panels from the series.
When the world was flat 2022
Artist Statement
Allowing the movement of familiar lines and color to expose the mystery of place is why I paint landscapes. I celebrate the passage of time through shifting patterns of light and saturated color. These pieces propose a chaotic future unbounded by expectation, while exposing the past. This series is meant to encourage one to remember when the world was flat and we still chose to journey toward an infinite horizon.
Included in the Alessandro Berni Exhibition at
Catalogue available.