Revenant

Everything in creation

Paintings & moving images by John Wissler

Working in monochromatic oils, I explore spaces between familiarity and ambiguity.

Witness Studio Gallery

Revenant

Everything in creation

paintings & moving images by John Wissler

Working in monochromatic oils, I paint the creatures we share this world with, close enough to feel strange again, and to remember the wonder of being.

Witness

Oil on canvas · 48 × 61 inches (H × W)↑ Index

Buffalo painting, Witness — Wissler

Prey

Oil on Masonite · 48 × 52 inches (H × W)↑ Index

Wolf painting, Prey — Wissler

A Prophet’s Cry

Oil on Masonite · 41 × 66 inches (H × W)↑ Index

Crow painting, A Prophet’s Cry — Wissler

Ashes

Oil on canvas · 60 × 72 inches (H × W)↑ Index

Stag painting, Ashes — Wissler

Conspicuous

Oil on canvas · 60 × 72 inches (H × W)↑ Index

Conspicuous painting, Conspicuous — Wissler

Dusk

Oil on canvas · 48 × 72 inches (H × W)↑ Index

Wolf Two painting, Dusk — Wissler

The animation for this painting is still to come.

Behind the work

Working in monochromatic oils, I paint the creatures we share this world with, close enough to feel strange again, and to remember the wonder of being.WisslerRead the artist biography →

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Witness

Witness — oil painting by John Wissler

three mushrooms, one on branch

Oil on canvas · 48 × 61 inches (H × W)

floating mushroom

three floating mushrooms

an island created by volcanoes

sand texture

drone shot of iceland

rocks on beach close up

iceland’s geothermic pools and black sand beaches create stunning compositions from the air. both are created by the island’s constant volcanic activity.

black sand texture

beach texture

textures, texture, landscape, iceland landscape,macro photography, macro, iceland, nature, moody, photography, otherworldly iceland, underground, underworld, otherwordly, rocks,

black rock texture

natural beauty in its rawest form

black sand texture

drone shot of red rocks

iceland’s surface is carved by water, originating from either its massive glaciers or abundant rainfall.

landscape of red rocks

background texture of beach

the sun’s angle at this latitude produces deep and contrasty colors, drawing out the blacks in the volcanic soil and saturating the greens from the grasses and moss.

red boulders

waterfall with red rocks

shop prints

a2 sized digital c prints, suitable for framing. each edition is limited to ten prints.

black rocks texture

red rocks shot on drone

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