Work samples

  • Memories of Flight
    Memories of Flight

    24x18”, Oil on Board, 2025

  • By the 4th Sunset
    By the 4th Sunset

    By the 4th Sunset, 11”x14”, Oil on Panel, 2025

  • Silver Buttons
    Silver Buttons

    8"x5", Oil on Panel, 2022

  • A Fair Trade
    A Fair Trade

    5x5”, oil on board, 2024

About Marisa

Marisa Sheena Evangelista (b. 1998) was born in Thailand, but for most of her life, she grew up in Maryland, USA. She has a long term goal of exploring implied narratives that exist beyond her paintings and enjoys creating artwork that echos a sense of mystery. Marisa explores her ideas through traditional media and digital media. In addition to portrait and figure painting, she also enjoys plein air painting as a way to keep her creative lens fresh.

Marisa received her Painting BFA… more

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Elegies from the Voyage

This is an ongoing project. Elegies from the Voyage takes inspiration from the stories from The King in Yellow, by Robert W. Chambers, but with my own interpretation of events. The figure in these paintings seeks to retell seemingly surreal moments that have occurred on a vessel. 

Digital works in this portfolio represent future paintings for this series. 

Beyond the Chrysalis