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

Friday, September 24, 2010

Jennie



I chose what looks like simple things already pre-made, cheap ink-transfers. Like my memory.

I have been clean off meth for over 2 years.

Memories that still exist have been warped by time & drugs. My mother, Christine, passed away on February 10, 2008; of ovarian cancer; around 6 pm.

I should have quit before. While she was still alive.

The last she saw of me, Christmas 2007, I was coming down. This is my artistic insignia, since 2002; a photo of me on our last Halloween together.

Though, she is still here. I can never say enough: the most honest words:

“I am so sorry, mom.”


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