photo by Samantha Stidham

What is Recovery Panes?

Recovery Panes is a multi-phase community project involving those who have been impacted by addiction. Participants created a small encaustic painting representative of their personal experience, strength and hope. The complex elements of encaustic wax uniquely allowed a symbolic and cathartic exploration of their experiences. Participants also shared a short, written response to the process which is paired with their art in an accompanying catalogue



All individual paintings are joined to form a larger work, framed and presented to resemble large windows with each painting representing a single windowpane. The art is interactive- the individual panels are mounted on magnets, allowing the viewers to rearrange the paintings, symbolizing our need to change our perspective and move towards de-stigmatizing addiction.

Both the Recovery Panes and the accompanying catalogue will be shown at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts through March of 2012.

A reception will be held on Thursday, February 2nd, 5pm-9pm, to celebrate both Recovery Panes and 'Come to Your Senses', a showcase of encaustic paintings by local artists

Monday, March 8, 2010

Portland Open Studio

Ok.. it is official.  I have applied for Portland Open Studio 2010.  Last year was a blast and I hope to make the cut again this year.  It is a great art tour where people get to see artists at work in their own studios over two weekends in October. 

Hopefully, Recovery Panes will be hanging somewhere wonderful by then.  Maybe I will hold one of the windows back for the Open Studio Tour for people to see an example of the work.  Still lots of time and steps to take, so I best not get too far ahead of myself.
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