“Story Lines”

We all hold stories which live inside the recesses of our deepest selves, and carry those from the generations before; “Story Lines” embodies this energy. There is rich material in the lessons within our lives— challenges that require strength, tenacity, and courage to live, beauty and love that open us to connections with others and with ourselves, and layer upon layer of experiences. This piece honors the vitality that resides within every one of us.  

This sculpture was created from a macro photograph of a butterfly wing, layered repeatedly and fused with every layer of encaustic medium, carved edge to edge, cut and sculpted to shape, colored with powdered pigment, and laboriously stitched together through the open space created by the wings folding in on themselves. There is a lovely symbolic glow from the inner space that radiates visibly to the outer.