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Northern, cold wax, Painting, Oil on Paper
Northern, cold wax, Painting, Oil on Paper

Northern, cold wax, Painting, Oil on Paper

By Laura Spring

Located in Yardley, PA

This is cold wax painting on paper. Two paintings, each is 11"x14".

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Skateboard Series: Underfoot I, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage
Skateboard Series: Underfoot I, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage

Skateboard Series: Underfoot I, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

In Skateboard Series: Underfoot I, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, and collage, the skateboarder reads the traveling surface like braille, making instantaneous decisions through the bod...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Paper, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite

Skateboard Series: Underfoot II, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage
Skateboard Series: Underfoot II, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage

Skateboard Series: Underfoot II, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, collage

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skateboard Series: Underfoot II: acrylic, cold wax, graphite, and collage depicts how the surface of sound travels up through the soles of the feet, through the body to the imaginati...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Paper, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite

Skateboard Portal II - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.
Skateboard Portal II - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.

Skateboard Portal II - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skateboard Portal II, paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, textured collage narrows the world to a portal of chance with the hope of transcendence.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Paper, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite

Skateboard Portal I - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.
Skateboard Portal I - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.

Skateboard Portal I - paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite.

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Skateboard Portal I, paper, linen, fiberboard, acrylic, cold wax, graphite, textured collage depicts an entryway to a world of adventure and accomplishment, edged by disaster.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Paper, Wax, Acrylic, Graphite

Ancestors: Ringmaster, acrylic paint, cold wax, oil paint monoprints
Ancestors: Ringmaster, acrylic paint, cold wax, oil paint monoprints

Ancestors: Ringmaster, acrylic paint, cold wax, oil paint monoprints

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

The Ringmaster is in the guise of a Japanese feudal lord, acrylic paint with cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas. Ever the showman, his lordship’s vision relates to Juvenal, ...

Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Diptych Pathways: cold wax, printed tissue paper, graphite, handmade paper
Diptych Pathways: cold wax, printed tissue paper, graphite, handmade paper

Diptych Pathways: cold wax, printed tissue paper, graphite, handmade paper

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Pathways: cold wax, printed tissue paper, graphite, handmade paper, oil sticks on panels, suggest the pathways that are fundamental to navigating this world, only recognized ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Panel, Handmade Paper, Graphite

"Deeper Places" Cold Wax and Oil Pigments on Cradled Board
"Deeper Places" Cold Wax and Oil Pigments on Cradled Board

"Deeper Places" Cold Wax and Oil Pigments on Cradled Board

By Sandi Neiman

Located in Austin, TX

Title: Deeper Places Medium: Mixed Media; Cold Wax and Oil Pigments on cradled board Measurements: 16 x 12 in

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Winter White Out
Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Winter White Out

Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Winter White Out

By Sandrine Kern

Located in White Plains, NY

Instead of utilizing hot wax in her process, Kern combines oil sticks, oil paint, and cold wax to create a creamy, rich surface rifled with depth.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Oil Pastel

Hierophant Acrylic paint, cold wax, oil paint & paper on canvas
Hierophant Acrylic paint, cold wax, oil paint & paper on canvas

Hierophant Acrylic paint, cold wax, oil paint & paper on canvas

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Hierophant with acrylic and cold wax tissue paper monoprints on canvas is the interpreter of the mysteries with the X-ray of a mouth in her hands.

Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Ancestors Ascending cold wax, oil paint and printed paper on canvas.
Ancestors Ascending cold wax, oil paint and printed paper on canvas.

Ancestors Ascending cold wax, oil paint and printed paper on canvas.

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Ancestors Series, cold wax, oil stick with monoprints and layers of marked tissue paper, explores through transparent overlapping images, the subtle awareness of unconscious influenc...

Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Monoprint

Ancestors: Bird-Woman - Acrylic paint, cold wax, oil paint, tissue paper
Ancestors: Bird-Woman - Acrylic paint, cold wax, oil paint, tissue paper

Ancestors: Bird-Woman - Acrylic paint, cold wax, oil paint, tissue paper

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Bird-Woman, acrylic paint, cold wax, monoprints on tissue paper, oil stick on canvas, embraces polarity as she manipulates puppet strings, an X-ray of the mouth.

Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Skateboarder On the Pinnacle cold wax, graphite, collage 2024
Skateboarder On the Pinnacle cold wax, graphite, collage 2024

Skateboarder On the Pinnacle cold wax, graphite, collage 2024

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

This mixed-media skateboard series, On the Pinnacle, combines acrylic, cold wax, graphite, and textured collage on paper.

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Oil, Graphite

Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Untitled #6
Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Untitled #6

Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Untitled #6

By Sandrine Kern

Located in White Plains, NY

Instead of utilizing hot wax in her process, Kern combines oil sticks, oil paint, and cold wax to create a creamy, rich surface rifled with depth.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic

Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Untitled #5
Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Untitled #5

Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Untitled #5

By Sandrine Kern

Located in White Plains, NY

Instead of utilizing hot wax in her process, Kern combines oil sticks, oil paint, and cold wax to create a creamy, rich surface rifled with depth.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic

Ancestors: Moon Drummer-Acrylic paint, cold wax, tissue paper & oil stic
Ancestors: Moon Drummer-Acrylic paint, cold wax, tissue paper & oil stic

Ancestors: Moon Drummer-Acrylic paint, cold wax, tissue paper & oil stic

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Moon Drummer, acrylic paint base with cold wax, monoprints on tissue paper & oil stick is an archetypal figure standing in the surf with forests sprouting from her head and shoulders.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Ancestors: One Who Sees Through 2023 -Acrylic paint, cold wax, tissue paper
Ancestors: One Who Sees Through 2023 -Acrylic paint, cold wax, tissue paper

Ancestors: One Who Sees Through 2023 -Acrylic paint, cold wax, tissue paper

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

One Who Sees Through, on canvas with acrylic paint, cold wax, monoprints on tissue paper & oil stick has the vision to enter thresholds.

Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

Diptych Rainbow Landscape- cold wax, tissue paper, found object, and oil stick
Diptych Rainbow Landscape- cold wax, tissue paper, found object, and oil stick

Diptych Rainbow Landscape- cold wax, tissue paper, found object, and oil stick

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Rainbow Landscape- cold wax, tissue paper, found object, and oil stick over acrylic paint on panel, 2023, through a rainbow as a lens into the landscape.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

Ancestors at the Threshold-Cold wax, monoprints on tissue paper, acrylic paint
Ancestors at the Threshold-Cold wax, monoprints on tissue paper, acrylic paint

Ancestors at the Threshold-Cold wax, monoprints on tissue paper, acrylic paint

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Ancestors at the Threshold, with cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, tells of the intersection of worlds where directions are altered.

Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Ancestors: JoyFool-Cold wax, tissue paper & oil stick on acrylic paint
Ancestors: JoyFool-Cold wax, tissue paper & oil stick on acrylic paint

Ancestors: JoyFool-Cold wax, tissue paper & oil stick on acrylic paint

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

JoyFool with acrylic paint, cold wax, monoprints on tissue paper, and oil stick, evolved from an inquiry into the difference between joy and happiness.

Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

Shield-Cold wax oil stick, graphite, tissue paper, attached brass piece on panel
Shield-Cold wax oil stick, graphite, tissue paper, attached brass piece on panel

Shield-Cold wax oil stick, graphite, tissue paper, attached brass piece on panel

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Ancestors with a brass shield on a wood panel with oil paint and laminated cold wax layers of marked tissue paper, capture a sense of the protection in the everyday world from what w...

Category

2010s Other Art Style Abstract Paintings

Materials

Brass

Fox with Bees 2025 Acrylic paint, cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas.
Fox with Bees 2025 Acrylic paint, cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas.

Fox with Bees 2025 Acrylic paint, cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas.

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Fox with Bees 2025 Acrylic paint, cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas. The first layer of this reality is a sweet red-haired woman.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Garment Series-Panel #4 Concealment: leather-like finish, cold wax
Garment Series-Panel #4 Concealment: leather-like finish, cold wax

Garment Series-Panel #4 Concealment: leather-like finish, cold wax

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Garment Reflection Series-Panel #4 Concealment: cold wax, printed tissue paper, dress pattern paper, oil sticks on panels.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Tissue Paper

Diptych Markings- Leather-like finish, Art Graf marked tissue layers, cold wax
Diptych Markings- Leather-like finish, Art Graf marked tissue layers, cold wax

Diptych Markings- Leather-like finish, Art Graf marked tissue layers, cold wax

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

This diptych, Markings, with a leather-like finish of cold wax and layers of marked tissue paper on wood, reads as an ancient surface immersed in the markings of time.

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Wood, Wax, Tissue Paper, Graphite

Diptych Taking Form-Leather-like finish, ArtGraf marked tissue layers, cold wax
Diptych Taking Form-Leather-like finish, ArtGraf marked tissue layers, cold wax

Diptych Taking Form-Leather-like finish, ArtGraf marked tissue layers, cold wax

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

This Diptych Taking Form with a leather-like finish of cold wax with layers of marked tissue paper on wood reflects the theory that all physical form takes place first in consciousne...

Category

2010s Other Art Style Abstract Paintings

Materials

Tissue Paper, Wax, Wood

Garment Series-Panel #2 Authenticity: leather-like finish, cold wax
Garment Series-Panel #2 Authenticity: leather-like finish, cold wax

Garment Series-Panel #2 Authenticity: leather-like finish, cold wax

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Garment Reflection Series-Panel #2 Authenticity: cold wax, printed tissue paper, dress pattern paper, and oil sticks on panels.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Tissue Paper

Garment Series-Panel #1 Social Awareness: leather-like finish, cold wax
Garment Series-Panel #1 Social Awareness: leather-like finish, cold wax

Garment Series-Panel #1 Social Awareness: leather-like finish, cold wax

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Garment Reflection-Panel #1 Social Awareness: cold wax, printed tissue paper, dress pattern paper, and oil sticks on panels.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Panel

Portal of Jaw, Acrylic paint, cold wax, tissue paper & oil stick on canvas.
Portal of Jaw, Acrylic paint, cold wax, tissue paper & oil stick on canvas.

Portal of Jaw, Acrylic paint, cold wax, tissue paper & oil stick on canvas.

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diamonds arise from the ancestors at attention below. Ancestors Series, cold wax, oil stick with monoprints and layers of marked tissue paper, explores through transparen...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Oil, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Layers of Reality: Kokopelli Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas
Layers of Reality: Kokopelli Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas

Layers of Reality: Kokopelli Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Large Format Paintings in the Layers of Reality Series are composed of monoprints and various markings on tissue paper with cold wax to create transparent layers with oil paint over ...

Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Diptych Ancestor in Transit, cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, 2021.
Diptych Ancestor in Transit, cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, 2021.

Diptych Ancestor in Transit, cold wax, tissue paper monoprints on canvas, 2021.

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Ancestors, a new series using cold wax, oil stick, and layers of marked tissue paper with monoprints, explores through transparent layers of overlapping images the subtle awareness a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wax, Tissue Paper

Triptych Game of Capture-Collagraph prints on tissue paper with cold wax and oil
Triptych Game of Capture-Collagraph prints on tissue paper with cold wax and oil

Triptych Game of Capture-Collagraph prints on tissue paper with cold wax and oil

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Triptych Game of Capture-Collagraph prints on tissue paper with cold wax and oilpaint on canvas. This triptych, printed off the surface of textured shrine panels, depicts the feminin...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Tissue Paper, Monoprint, Monotype

Layers of Reality:Mendicant Monk/Woman Warrior acrylic, cold wax, monoprint 2025
Layers of Reality:Mendicant Monk/Woman Warrior acrylic, cold wax, monoprint 2025

Layers of Reality:Mendicant Monk/Woman Warrior acrylic, cold wax, monoprint 2025

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Large Format Paintings in the Layers of Reality Series are composed of monoprints and various markings on tissue paper with cold wax, a transparent layering with oil paint over acryl...

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

The Gift acrylic decorative paper, monoprints, oil sticks, cold wax 36x48 inches
The Gift acrylic decorative paper, monoprints, oil sticks, cold wax 36x48 inches

The Gift acrylic decorative paper, monoprints, oil sticks, cold wax 36x48 inches

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

The Gift, acrylic paint, decorative paper, monoprints, oil sticks, cold wax on canvas, 2015. Giving is the beginning, sustaining, or completing of a relationship.

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Ritual Break, Diptych on Reeves BFK with Art Graf and cold wax.
Ritual Break, Diptych on Reeves BFK with Art Graf and cold wax.

Ritual Break, Diptych on Reeves BFK with Art Graf and cold wax.

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Ritual Break, cold wax, Art Graf (water-soluble drawing materials) on Rives BFK, there is a definitive break.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wax, Archival Paper

Garment Series-Panel #3 Inner State: leather-like finish, cold wax
Garment Series-Panel #3 Inner State: leather-like finish, cold wax

Garment Series-Panel #3 Inner State: leather-like finish, cold wax

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Garment Reflection Series-Panel #3 Inner State: cold wax, printed tissue paper, dress pattern paper, oil sticks on panels.

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Tissue Paper

Monks Series, # II, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.
Monks Series, # II, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

Monks Series, # II, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2024.

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Monks Series, # II, Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas, 2025, 24 Layers of Reality Series is an ongoing exploration through the visual arts of the idea that there is no sing...

Category

2010s Other Art Style Mixed Media

Materials

Wax, Oil, Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper

Layers of Reality: On Gold, Four and Forty, tissue paper, cold wax, oil stick on
Layers of Reality: On Gold, Four and Forty, tissue paper, cold wax, oil stick on

Layers of Reality: On Gold, Four and Forty, tissue paper, cold wax, oil stick on

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Large Format Paintings in the Layers of Reality Series are composed of monoprints and various markings on tissue paper with cold wax, a transparent layering with oil paint over acryl...

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper

Diptych Ritual Tally, layers of marked tissue. graphite, cold wax, and Art Graf.
Diptych Ritual Tally, layers of marked tissue. graphite, cold wax, and Art Graf.

Diptych Ritual Tally, layers of marked tissue. graphite, cold wax, and Art Graf.

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Diptych Ritual Tally, layers of marked tissue, graphite, cold wax, and Art Graf, on Arches, 2020. The ritual of keeping track of things is not always meticulous or accurate, and yet ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wax, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Tissue Paper, Graphite

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Cold Wax For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact cold wax you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Find Contemporary versions now, or shop for Contemporary creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. If you’re looking to add a cold wax to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of gray, black, brown, blue and more. There have been many interesting cold wax examples over the years, but those made by Sandrine Kern, Anne Bedrick and Stephen Cimini are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, fabric and organic material can add an especially memorable touch. A large cold wax can prove too dominant for some spaces — a smaller cold wax, measuring 12 high and 12 wide, may better suit your needs.

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