Mixed Media
Mixed media art combines more than one material or technique in a single piece, paint alongside collage, ink alongside found objects, letting an artist reach for whatever best serves the image rather than sticking to one medium. That flexibility often produces work with more texture and visual complexity than a single medium could manage alone. This section features mixed media work on WooArts, where the combination of materials is as much a part of the piece as the final image. Explore this section to see what happens when artists refuse to limit themselves to just one tool or technique.
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Erika Iris Simmons | Mixed Media
Erika Iris Simmons is a self-taught American artist who turns old cassette tapes, VHS tapes, and film reels into detailed portraits of music and film icons, and once built the official Grammy Awards artwork from unspooled recording tape.
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Mondongo | Mixed Media
Mondongo is an Argentine art collective founded in 1999 in Buenos Aires by Juliana Laffitte, Manuel Mendanha, and Agustina Picasso. They build portraits and social scenes out of unusual materials like plasticine, thread, glass, and food, best known for the record-setting installation “Argentina (paisajes).”
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Jamie Wyeth | Mixed Media
Jamie Wyeth is an American realist painter, born in 1946, and the son of Andrew Wyeth, carrying forward the family’s Brandywine School tradition. Trained early by his aunt Carolyn Wyeth, he went on to paint portraits of John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter and served as a courtroom artist during the Watergate hearings. Known for…
