Wine is already art
Like many other wine lovers, I begin my mornings with coffee. Sure, I’m addicted to the caffeine, but I also enjoy that quiet moment before the days kicks off, sipping on my coffee with just a splash of creamer.
One of these coffee-fueled mornings in 2016 changed everything for me. I was scrolling Instagram and saw a painting that included coffee.
WHAT?! You could use a beverage as paint?!
I’d grown up creative with my hands in ceramics, ballet, piano, photography and painting. I took as many painting classes as I could in college but never thought of using anything other than paint.
If she could paint with coffee, could I do that with wine??
I drove straight to my local wine shop, asked for the darkest, inkiest bottle of red wine and got to work. It was an incredibly long process from that first fateful day to now. After MUCH experimentation {and plenty of wine-drinking along the way} I created a customized, multi-step system for creating my wine paintings.
I take the art of wine and transform it into wine art for other wine lovers all over the world. I often paint using corks as my paintbrush to further my connection to the wine. Wine means so much to so many people, and that’s what I connect to when I paint.
I connect to all of the passion, dedication and energy from the winemakers that has gone into making that beautiful bottle of wine.
I connect to the wine itself. Its beautiful colors and the way it tastes. The history, traditions and time that are wrapped up in those grapes.
I connect to the way wine brings people together. We share a common love for the wine itself, as well as the community that it encourages.
I’m biased here, I know that. But oil paints can’t do that. Watercolors aren’t like that. Acrylics don’t have that weight. But wine does. It’s the only medium that has already started off as art, and I get to turn it into a completely different expression of art.
I'm Elysia.
Wine artist.
Travel adventurer and
world wanderer.
Breast cancer survivor.
Admitted cappuccino addict.
Lover of leftovers and
behind-the-scenes special features.
Amateur hip hop dancer.
And of course – wine lover.
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