Anne Straus

Welcome to AnneStraus.com!

I am a sculptor who makes welded pieces out of found objects, a painter who works
in encaustic, a hot wax medium, and a jeweler who loves to design with beads.

Please view photos and read descriptions of some of my creations by visiting the "Jewelry," "Painting," and "Sculpture" sections of my site.

To contact me, please call 513-761-6366 or email astraus@fuse.net.

Brief Bio

I was an English literature major in college with an art minor; it took me awhile to realize that, at heart, I was a creative artist. I began making my welded sculptures back in the 1970s. Gradually I added fiber to the pieces until I called myself a fiber sculptor, and the metal became the skeleton. Then I returned to using mainly metal with some found objects and, and you can see pictures of my most recent Sculptures which were inspired by the Serpent Mound, a prehistoric earthwork located nearby in Ohio.

During a trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico in the mid-1980s, I discovered the beauty, texture and design of beads. Stimulated by the small treasures, I started a line of jewelry that combines new and antique beads with semi-precious stones and other small ornaments that I collect during my travels around the world. Feel free to view samples of my one-of-a-kind Jewelry creations.

I never took a painting class; instead, I turned to a painter, who worked in encaustic, and whose art I admired, to request painting help. She let me work along side of her and answered my many questions. I found encaustic, a hot wax medium, to be user friendly, and began painting the rock walls and the petroglyphs which I love and have visited all over the world. The encaustic medium has also served me well with geometric patterns based on the painted homes in West African villages. I received 3 shows in 2007, based on mainly encaustic paintings.

Please click on Paintings to see some of the recent pieces.