Joanne Ungar is originally from Minneapolis. After studies at Oberlin College in Ohio, she moved to New York City and earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Joanne Ungar is a New York Foundation for the Arts NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program Grant recipient. Ungar has exhibited extensively in New York and nationally. The poured wax paintings by Ungar are composed with the geometric forms of recycled packaging and layered and infused with pigmented wax. Ungar is an alchemist and her studio is a science lab. Her father was a scientist. When she was growing up, he talked about how art and science were really one and the same thing, a methodical exploration of ideas crossed with joyous creativity and some random surprises. Built on these origins and continuing into an intense studio practice, Ungar states, “I often set up experiments with variables and a control group in order to solve a problem of opacity or pigmentation, for example. I also like to push my materials beyond my understanding of them, seeing what happens when they melt, seeing what will stick to what and for how long, what happens to them at stupidly high temperatures. I am ridiculously methodically organized and in addition to cataloging each piece, I sometimes catalog it through its various versions or changes.” This highly dedicated and rigorous studio practice creates astounding results that have transformed modest materials into gold. The pain relievers themselves have been removed, yet the implication is present in the title of the works. Ungar is an expert in misdirection and illusion and the barrier between the illusionary space and physical becomes blurred into a wholly new modality. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
$4,360Sale Price|20% Off
"Ikea Alang" Encaustic Geometric Abstract painting in aqua, blue, yellow green
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This cast wax wall panel painting contains blues in aqua and turquoise which blend into a gradient, with warm earth tones emerging amongst violet and yellow green undertones. 21"x3...
Wood, Wax, Cardboard
Airgami #2, A Jewel Toned Abstract Textural Waxy Painting on Wood Panel
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
In this radiant encaustic work, Joanne Ungar transforms a flattened cardboard box—originally packaging from the health and beauty industry—into a luminous, layered composition. Satur...
Paper, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Cardboard
$7,600Sale Price|20% Off
Waxwork multi-panel wall installation, "Botox", Geometric Abstract Installation
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Vivid emerald green, vibrant orange, and violet blue tones are created in Joanne Ungar's unique poured wax process, to create this multi-panel wall installation. 37"x54"x 1" pigmented wax, board, photograph, installed on welded metal backing brace (included) signed on reverse by artist, and COA. This wall piece is composed of 24 cast wax panels. The abstracted image imbedded in the work is a photograph of the packing for Botox treatments. Vivid emerald green, vibrant orange, and violet blue tones are created in Joanne Ungar's unique poured wax process. This large scale wax painting is a beautiful statement piece that is signed on reverse by the artist. In addition to the cosmetic applications of Botox, it is also used as a pain relief medication for migraine sufferers. The geometric abstract composition is created through the imagery of the folds from the boxed packaging. The grid is created and installed on a heavy duty welded metal back brace...
Wax, Wood Panel, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
"LOVE" Encaustic Geometric Abstract painting in red, orange and yellow
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
10.5" x 15" encaustic and painted cardboard on panel, signed on the reverse by the artist. The letters, L-O-V-E are embedded in pigmented wax, with a heart shape for the "o" in this ...
Wood, Wax, Cardboard
$875
"Best Buy Baking Cups Small" Geometric Abstract Cast Wax Wall Painting, in green
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This poured wax painting in green by Joanne Ungar, is composed with the geometric forms of recycled packaging, layered and infused with pigmented wax. A vibrant sculptural painting, ...
Wax, Encaustic
$11,600Sale Price|20% Off
"Johnnie Walker Black" waxwork multi-panel wall installation, geometric, orange
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Vivid oranges, violets, blue and golden yellow tones are created through Joanne Ungar's unique poured wax process in this multi-panel wall installation. 48"x59"x 1" pigmented wax, board, photograph, installed on welded metal backing brace (included) signed on reverse by artist, with a COA. This wall piece is composed of 24 cast wax panels, created in high quality archival materials. The abstracted image imbedded in the work is the open and unfolded form of a Johnnie Walker...
Wax, Wood Panel, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Encaustic
"Acorn" geometric encaustic, cast wax collage
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Ungar's unique process involves layering pigmented wax over cardboard forms to create a geometric composition of color. Ungar's process begins by the artist flattening three-...
Wax, Wood Panel, Cardboard, Pigment
$675
"Frango Rasberry Chocolates" Abstract Cast Wax Wall Painting, in red and green
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This poured wax painting by Joanne Ungar, is composed with the geometric forms of recycled packaging, layered and infused with pigmented wax. The pink, brown and green in this pigmen...
Wax, Encaustic
Both Sides Now
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This poured wax painting by Joanne Ungar, is composed with the geometric forms of recycled packaging, layered and infused with pigmented wax. The red, yellow, green and blue in this ...
Wax, Encaustic
"Aleia's" Pigmented Waxwork
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This poured wax painting by Joanne Ungar, is composed with the geometric forms of recycled packaging, layered and infused with pigmented wax. The blue and violet purple in this pigm...
Wood, Wax, Cardboard
Harry's
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This poured wax painting by Joanne Ungar, is composed with the geometric forms of recycled packaging, layered and infused with pigmented wax. The violet, red tones fade to a yellow ...
Wood, Wax, Cardboard
Sterile Eye Drops
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
beeswax, paraffin, cardboard on wood 6.5"x6.5" Joanne Ungar’s use of wax obscures and mystifies the origin of the materials she has embedded. In this work, the composition is det...
Cardboard, Wax, Wood
Side by Side
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This poured wax painting by Joanne Ungar, is composed with the geometric forms of recycled packaging, layered and infused with pigmented wax. The yellow, green, orange and black in t...
Wax, Encaustic
Chobani Yogurt
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This four panel composition has a rich blue and violet tones in the pigmented wax, which compliments the warmth of the tones of the embedded packaging material beneath the surface. ...
Wax, Cardboard, Pigment
Mesh Wonder Ball (1510)
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
beeswax, paraffin, cardboard on wood 8.25"x7.75" Joanne Ungar’s use of wax obscures and mystifies the origin of the materials she has imbedded. In this work, the composition is d...
Cardboard, Wax, Wood
Mesh Wonder Ball (1515)
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
beeswax, paraffin, cardboard on wood 8" x 8.5" Joanne Ungar’s use of wax obscures and mystifies the origin of the materials she has imbedded. In this work, the composition is det...
Cardboard, Wax, Wood
Blank White Box 03 (1450)
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Available framed (8"x7" unframed) 9.5"x 8.5" framed Joanne Ungar’s use of wax obscures and mystifies the origin of the materials she has imbedded. In this work, the composition...
Cardboard, Wax, Wood
Plaid Insert (#1433)
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Ungar’s use of wax obscures and mystifies the origin of the materials she has imbedded. In this work, the composition is determined by the orientation and design of re-purpo...
Wax, Wood
$4,400
Dansko
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This work is created in an unique methodology developed by the artist, in which multi-layers of pigmented wax are are cast into a form. Embedded painted cardboard defines the compos...
Cardboard, Wax, Wood Panel
For SRV (Large)
By Michael David
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...
Encaustic, Wood Panel, Wax, Oil
Weight Of Air VIII
By Andrew Francis
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Weight of Air VIII, 2019 Oil & wax on deep-fame canvas
Canvas, Wax, Oil
$3,692Sale Price|27% Off
H 41.74 in W 30.71 in D 3.15 in
Mégalithes. Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Wall Sculpture
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large Abstract Expressionist mixed media from the 'Megaliths' series by French artist Joseph Alessandri. Signed to the front bottom left side and dated 99 and signed with a reference...
Metal
$780Sale Price|20% Off
H 15 in W 12 in
Carmen (Quadryptich Wood Panel Framed Contemporary Abstract Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Artist's Statement: "Around 30 years ago, not long after I had started painting seriously, I was at a one-man exhibition of the great Brice Marden at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern...
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
$590
H 11.5 in W 11.5 in D 1 in
Common Ground (No.9) An intimate and striking textural contemporary painting
By Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
Contemporary abstract painting by Katherine Filice featuring ink, stucco, and wax on wood panel, framed and completed in 2026. Created as part of Filice's "Common Ground" series, thi...
Archival Ink, Wax, Wood Panel
Untitled No. 63 Abstract Composition Mixed Media
By Michael David
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Untitled No 63, abstract composition 1987 Mixed media on wood panel, wax, oil, paper. signed with initials, gallery label. Abstract painter Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic, a technique that incorporates heated beeswax and pigment. Considered an inheritor of Abstract Expressionism, David’s abstract work primarily centers on the use of a densely layered surface to facilitate a direct and immediate spiritual experience. He often incorporates religious iconography and symbolism, art historical themes such as the nude, and contemporary politics into his paintings resulting in a critical dialogue between the layered abstraction of the surface and the integrated representational imagery. Alongside his work on canvas, David has developed a body of studio photography that recreates paintings by Caravaggio, Manet, and Mantegna, among others, in works that confront racism, homophobia, and sexism. David also works in mixed media and environmental sculpture...
Oil, Paper, Wax, Wood Panel
The Navigator (Small)
By Michael David
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...
Wood, Panel, Wax, Oil
Monument (diptych)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...
Wax, Wood Panel
$2,300
H 22 in W 22 in D 2 in
Stella (Contemporary Encaustic Painting with Dark Brown and Grey Stripes)
By Donise English
Located in Hudson, NY
22 x 22 x 2 inches encaustic on square wood panel Stella is an abstracted painting in rich encaustic (pigmented wax) on wood panel. Using a neutral palette of dark brown, light blu...
Wax, Encaustic, Wood Panel
Oil & cold wax painting, Sandrine Kern, Winter White Out
By Sandrine Kern
Located in White Plains, NY
'Winter White Out' in 2019 by New York City base, French artist Sandrine Kern. Oil and cold wax on canvas, 54 x 54 in. This abstracted landscape painting features a winter scene in ...
Canvas, Wax, Oil Pastel
$1,800
H 16 in W 16 in D 2 in
Hostess (Contemporary Abstract Painting on Panel in Dark Brown with Orange Grid)
By Donise English
Located in Hudson, NY
16 x 16 x 2 inches encaustic on square wood panel HOSTESS is an abstracted painting in rich encaustic (pigmented wax) on wood panel. A dark, cross-hatched pattern is overlaid with ...
Wax, Encaustic, Wood Panel
$8,000
H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Cascadia 6 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art)
By Melisa Taylor Metzger
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Cascadia 6" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of repetition, mark-making and blur de...
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Modern Muse, waxwork multi-panel wall installation
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This wall piece is composed of 24 cast wax panels. The abstracted image imbedded in the work is a photograph of the packing for Estee Lauder Modern Muse Perfume. Vivid emerald green...
Wax, Wood Panel, Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Lundberg Thin Stackers (framed waxwork)
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
This poured wax painting by Joanne Ungar, is composed with the geometric forms of recycled packaging, layered and infused with pigmented wax. The blue green and yellow in this pigme...
Wood, Wax, Cardboard
Estee Lauder Modern Muse Diptych (#1826)
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Giclee print on panel with wax "Estee Lauder Modern Muse (#1826) 9.25"x19.5" Joanne Ungar’s use of wax obscures and mystifies the origin of the materials she has embedded. In this ...
Wax, Panel, Giclée
Midwest 9 (1518)
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
9"x8" poured pigmented wax, over painted cardboard and wood panel, signed on reverse by the artist. This is a gorgeously luminous piece created with poured wax. The aquamarine blue ...
Wax, Wood Panel, Cardboard, Pigment
Cetaphil 2
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
8.5"x 8.5" pigmented wax and cardboard on wood panel Joanne Ungar’s background in collage arts transitioned into her current process works when she began working with wax in the 1...
Wood, Wax, Cardboard, Pigment
Cetaphil 1
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
8.5"x 8.5" pigmented wax and cardboard on wood panel Joanne Ungar’s background in collage arts transitioned into her current process works when she began working with wax in the 1...
Wax, Wood Panel, Pigment
Zassenhaus
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
21"x18" Joanne Ungar’s background in collage arts transitioned into her current process works when she began working with wax in the 1990’s. Her luminous wax paintings are created...
Wax, Cardboard, Pigment
Foreva2
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Ungar’s background in collage arts transitioned into her current process works when she began working with wax in the 1990’s. Her luminous wax paintings are created with refin...
Cardboard, Pigment, Wax, Wood Panel
Weil for Origins
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Ungar’s background in collage arts transitioned into her current process works when she began working with wax in the 1990’s. Her luminous wax paintings are created with refin...
Cardboard, Pigment, Wax, Wood Panel
Midwest 9
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Ungar’s background in collage arts transitioned into her current process works when she began working with wax in the 1990’s. Her luminous wax paintings are created with refin...
Board, Pigment, Wax
Gold's Gym Stress Ball
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Ungar’s background in collage arts transitioned into her current process works when she began working with wax in the 1990’s. Her luminous wax paintings are created with refin...
Board, Wax
Dr. Fuhrman
By Joanne Ungar
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Ungar’s background in collage arts transitioned into her current process works when she began working with wax in the 1990’s. Her luminous wax paintings are created with refin...
Wood, Paper, Wax, Pigment