Elaine Wander is a visual artist living in the East Bay. She grew up in Louisiana, moving to Ca. to attend art school and received her BFA and MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1976. She also studied ceramic sculpture at San Francisco Art Institute. Elaine has exhibited in group shows and has had three solo shows in New York, Sacramento and the Oakland Museum Sculpture Court.
Statementof paper, paint, found plastic and scrapbooking and costuming materials. My focus from early on has been figurative. My narratives are influenced by a storytelling tradition of southern writers, surrealists painters, art brutte and the mystery of everyday life. I love learning about nature, mythology and Jungian psychology. My imaginative worlds are filled with anthropomorphic characters acting out their destinies.
