From the Ashes
2018, Acrylic on Canvas 16”x20”~ In the Cadwell Collection
“From the Ashes” is the first painting I made after the Thomas fire burned down my home and studio. I went back to the burnt ruins of my former home and collected a charred beam of wood from the rubble. I ground it down to powder, mixed it with acrylic medium and used it as the back background for this painting and two other Phoenix paintings and admixture for several others I recreated since they perished in flame.
My hope was through doing so I would capture some of the ‘rise from the ashes’ energy going fo...
2018, Acrylic on Canvas 16”x20”~ In the Cadwell Collection
“From the Ashes” is the first painting I made after the Thomas fire burned down my home and studio. I went back to the burnt ruins of my former home and collected a charred beam of wood from the rubble. I ground it down to powder, mixed it with acrylic medium and used it as the back background for this painting and two other Phoenix paintings and admixture for several others I recreated since they perished in flame.
My hope was through doing so I would capture some of the ‘rise from the ashes’ energy going fo...
Former home and Studio
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