Shawn Ehlers Art
American
Shawn Ehlers is a former Ford/Elite model who lived and worked in Milan, Paris and New York before getting behind the lens. Photographed by well-known photographers such as Helmut Newton, Olivero Toscani, and Albert Watson, her shift behind the camera was an easy transition. She gave models movement and posing directions familiar to her, helping launch successful commercial and fashion careers.
Also working as a celebrity shooter for Wireimage and Getty Images, some of her rosters include Lady Gaga, Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, President’s Bush and Clinton, Susan Sarandon, and Whoopie Goldberg. As a fine artist, she won the prestigious gold award in 2015, Prix de la Photographie (PX3) for her series “Women as Birds”. She combines the medium of Polaroid photography with the ancient art of encaustic wax.
"This series focuses on the reverence I have for nature and particularly water. Open water swimming has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I am passionate about swimming in all bodies of water: oceans, lakes and rivers. Water has a fluidity that is both healing and calming. It’s the ebb and flow, the gentle and tumultuous waves that gives the water a mesmerizing effect. My intention of combining the photographic medium with encaustic wax is to evoke the feeling I get from being at one with the water or experiencing it: floating, suspending, and supporting.
I’ve come back to my roots with photography, shooting exclusively with various Polaroid cameras. I find the film produces a magic image which scanned during the development of the photo is then printed using watercolor textured archival paper and ink. Typically there are several layers of encaustic wax that are brushed on and manipulated with a palette knife to get the surface I desire. The art of encaustic wax began in ancient Greece, initially applied to the hulls of ships with pigment, and eventually made its way to both easel painting and sculpture.
There is a luminosity and dimensionality with the application of encaustic wax. The textured surfaces I create mimic the feeling of water and the image underneath. The translucent quality of the wax intensifies the feeling and beauty of the abstraction of nature."
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Albert Einsteinto
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Elysium Garden
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The image for this work was taken at Landcraft, a property on the North Fork of Long Island with mesmerizing gardens.
"Elysium Garden" is inspired by the Swiss artist Piplioliti Ris...
Category
2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
Materials
Wood, Wax, Polaroid
"Those Hips Don't Lie"- Photo, Encaustic Wax, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shawn Ehlers is a former Ford/Elite model who lived and worked in Milan, Paris and New York before getting behind the lens. Photographed by well-known photographers such as Helmut Ne...
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2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
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"Ode to the Sun", Summer beauty. Encaustic wax & polaroid on wood board.
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Ode to the Sun", Summer beauty. Encaustic wax & polaroid on wood board.
Category
2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
Materials
Wax, Wood Panel, Polaroid
HDR Turquoise Surfer
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Photography with Polaroid camera, scanned and covered in encaustic wax
Category
2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Wax, Polaroid
Love Is In The Air
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Photographed in one of Florida’s state parks known for its old growth gardens. The roses are juxtaposed against the blue spring sky highlighting their b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
Materials
Wax, Wood Panel, Polaroid, Photographic Paper
Pink:Blue Montauk Surfer
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Photography with Polaroid camera, scanned and covered in encaustic wax
Category
2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Wax, Polaroid
Mermaid's Request
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Photography with Polaroid camera, scanned and covered in encaustic wax
Category
2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Wax, Polaroid
Fireworks
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This series was photographed at Landcraft on the North Fork of Long Island.
A place of ethereal and thoughtful design by two extremely talented men. Photographed with an infrared cam...
Category
2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
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Wood, Wax, Polaroid
Water Lilies
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In the heart of the North Fork of Long Island in the sleepy hamlet of Mattituck lies Landcraft, the brain child of two talented men.
Landcraft is situated amongst perhaps the most b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
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Wax, Polaroid
Dirt Lot
By Shawn Ehlers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Photography with Polaroid camera, scanned and covered in encaustic wax
Category
2010s Contemporary Shawn Ehlers Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Wax, Polaroid
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