Pause to Give Thanks That We Rise Again from Death and Live
oil, Flashe, spray paint, charcoal and pencil on canvas
35.5″ x 32″
2014
Courtesy of Nationale (Portland, OR)

 

 

You Will Become Me
oil, Flashe, spray paint, charcoal and pencil on canvas
48″ x 58.5″
2013-2014
Courtesy of Nationale (Portland, OR)

 

 

Seer
oil, Flashe, spray paint, charcoal and pencil on canvas
35.5″ x 32″
2014
Courtesy of Nationale (Portland, OR)

 

 

Thank You for Restoring Me to My Whole Body
oil, charcoal and pencil on canvas
40″ x 40.5″
2011

 

 

 

Interview with ELIZABETH MALASKA:

Your childhood ambition:

I wanted to be a photographer for National Geographic. Mostly this was because I loved (and love) animals.

Something you treasure:

The ephemeral—and often beautiful—moments that constitute daily life, along with the awareness to appreciate them.

Your worst habit:

Procrastination.

The aspect of your work that’s most important to you:

The psychological solitude that I find only in the studio.

Your first job:

My first job was babysitting, but if we’re talking tax-paying, legit-type work it was at a health food store. The grocery-bagging skills I learned there serve me to this day.

Someone whose work you highly recommend:

Francesca DiMattio.

 

 

See more of Elizabeth Malaska’s work here and here.