PAINTINGS / PRINTS /DRAWINGS

THE PAINTINGS ARE MOSTLY LARGER WORKS IN ACRYLIC PAINT AND CHARCOAL ON LINEN CANVAS.

Wexels Riser’s paintings and ink drawings often focus on figurative characters and settings, especially outcasts and disenfranchised, portrayed with features reminiscent of carnival and the grotesque. Mortality and death is a prominent motif. Wexels Riser is fascinated by the seductive qualities of absurd and taboo themes, particularly those that engage the subconscious. She also make different  prints and etchings, recently working with transcribeing imaginary or dreamt spaces into visual meditations.