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

Saturday, May 1, 2010

ACMA (Arts & Communication Magnet Academy) Workshop

The workshops we are doing at the arts magnet academy in Beaverton have been a huge success.  We were hoping to get at least 16 to participate, but incredibly we have had double that.  The honesty of the kids in both their paintings and in their writing has been moving.  Many are asking to do another panel and  openly sharing their experiences with the other students painting along side them.  For some, it is the first time they have openly expressed their experience with how addiction has impacted their life.  This is why I do this.
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