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

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

About the brain...the mind and the spirit



"I work in an addictions program for homeless youth. My panel reflects how I see my work. We travel together, side by side. It can take many times going down the same road, always starting somewhere different, always trying a different way and ending who knows where, yet, with intention to find a place in the cycle of addiction. I watch the ebb and flow through darkness of a relapse to the light of change. Always being aware of the most important part of ourselves, our brain. Healing the damage of drugs, trauma and pain, then watching the resilience of our minds and spirits."
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