Wild Cartography
Inspired by nature, rooted in purpose.
Anna Wise’s practice explores the boundary between internal and external landscapes, creating a portal between nostalgia, hope, and possibility. She combines portraits with landscapes based on places she’s both visited and imagined, exploring how the environments we move through shape who we are—and how we, in turn, shape them. She begins with light color washes and sketches that anchor the piece but allows instinct to guide the final direction. Using a mix of watercolor, spray paint, pastels, acrylics, and oil, she builds each painting through many glazes and layers of mark-making, where structure and spontaneity meet to tell a story.
