I was recently invited to show my work at the Burgdorff Gallery at Southern Vermont College in Bennington, Vermont. The gallery director, Gregg Winterhalter, was drawn to my work because of my use of encaustic, but he also was moved by the theme of my paintings. Putting this solo exhibition together, which I titled ‘Still/Standing’, was similar to telling a story. A narrative began to form: a calmness leading up to chaos and settling back into calm. Seeing my work displayed in the gallery’s impressive high-ceilinged room, allowed me to see my emotional progression over the last year and a half, and to see I have embraced the loss and change.
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